Another calendar. Correct chronology in Russia

25.01.2022

Why did people who lived 2015 years ago suddenly decide to call their year the first year of "AD"? And how did they number the years before that?

Answer

The calendar familiar to us, according to which today (when this answer is written) February 28, 2015 (after the birth of Christ or AD), is not the only and generally accepted throughout the world (although the most used). So, according to the Islamic calendar, today is 9 Jumada al-ul 1436 (begins from the date of the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and the first Muslims from Mecca to Medina), according to the Jewish calendar today is 9 Adar 5775 (begins from the first new moon after the creation of the world by God), and according to the Buddhist calendar, today is the 10th day of the 4th month of the 2558 lunar year (begins from the year the Buddha Gautama passed into nirvana).

All common calendars, including ours, called the Gregorian, have a religious basis. In the history of mankind, there have been attempts to create an absolutely non-religious calendar (but not without an ideological one!). For example, after the French Revolution, they came up with a new calendar, according to which a new era began from the day the republic was proclaimed in France - September 22, 1792, new names of the months were invented; but the calendar lasted only a few years (and then a few months during the period of the Paris Commune - from March 18 to May 28, 1871). In Soviet times, it was proposed to start a new chronology from the moment of the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution, but this proposal was not implemented (although in tear-off calendars until 1991 it was written: "such and such a year of the socialist revolution").

In G. Martynov's fantastic story "Guest from the Abyss" the action takes place in the 19th century after the Great October Revolution.

But let's get back to today's - the Gregorian - calendar. As already mentioned, it has a starting point from the Nativity of Christ. But this does not mean that this calendar really began to be used 2015 years ago, as soon as Jesus Christ was born. At the time of the birth of Christianity in different parts of the world, the years were counted from everything: from the foundation of Rome, from the destruction of Rome, from the creation of the world, from the birth of Adam ... and the knowledge of the exact date of the birth of Christ, in fact, was not very interesting for Christians during as much as 500 years after the rise of Christianity. But the calculation of Easter (calendar dates for the celebration of Easter) prompted Abbot Dionysius to establish the year of Christ's birth, based on very vague data from the gospels. It turned out to be the year 753 from the founding of Rome. And the date of birth, according to the previously established tradition of celebrating Christmas, which emerged from pagan traditions, was taken on December 25th. Thus, it turned out that the current year for Dionysius himself became the 525th year after the birth of Christ. For a long time, this chronology was used very narrowly only for calculating Easter, and people continued to use the old calendars. Only in 742 did the date recorded as "the year from the birth of Christ" first appear in an official document, and the chronology "from the birth of Christ" became widespread in Europe only at the end of the 8th century.

In Russia, the reckoning "from the Nativity of Christ" appeared with the "submission" of Peter I, who ordered January 1, 7208 "from the creation of the world" to consider January 1, 1700 "from the birth of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ."

So you will not find an original document in any archive of the world, dated, for example, the 35th year "from the birth of Christ" ("AD", Anno Domini, "A.D.", "AD").

The modern system of chronology has a little more than two thousand years after the birth of Jesus Christ and several hundred centuries before this event. However, before the advent of the Christian chronology, different nations had their own ways of measuring time. Slavic tribes are no exception. Long before the advent of Christianity, they had their own calendar.

Origin of the word "calendar"

According to the official version, the term "calendar" comes from Latin. In ancient Rome, debt interest was paid on the first days of each month, and data about them was recorded in a debt book called calendarium. Later, it was from the title of the book that the word “calendar” came from, which came to the Slavs with Christianity.

Some scientists believe that this term comes from the phrase "Kolyadin Dar" (Kolyada's gift), which was called the chronology. Slavic origin researchers consider quite possible. Some of them are sure that the Romans borrowed the word "calendar" from the Slavs, and not vice versa. Judge for yourself: there is no translation of the word calendarium, as well as an explanation of how it is connected with debts and books. After all, in Latin debt is debitum, and book is libellus.

The chronology from the Nativity of Christ

Today, our era from the birth of Christ is more than 2000 years old. However, the tradition of counting years in this way has been used for about a thousand years, because even with the recognition of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire, years continued to be counted from important secular dates. For the Romans, this was the year of the founding of Rome, for the Jews, the year of the destruction of Jerusalem, for the Slavs, the year of the creation of the world in the Star Temple.

But once the Roman monk Dionysius, compiling Easter tables, got confused among the various systems of chronology. Then he came up with a universal system, the starting point of which would be the year of the birth of Christ. Dionysius calculated the approximate date of this event and henceforth used the chronology called "from the Nativity of Christ."

This system became widespread after 200 years thanks to the monk Bede the Venerable, who used it in his historical work on the Anglo-Sanson tribes. Thanks to this book, the British nobility gradually switched to the Christian calendar, and after it the Europeans did it. But it took the church authorities another 200 years to start using the Christian chronology system.

The transition to the Christian chronology among the Slavs

In the Russian Empire, which at that time included many of the original Slavic lands of Belarus, Poland, Ukraine and other countries, the transition to the Christian calendar took place from January 1, 1700 to Many believe that Tsar Peter hated and tried to eradicate everything Slavic, including the calendar, therefore introduced the Christian time reference system. However, it is most likely that the king was simply trying to put such a confusing chronology in order. Slavic rejection here, most likely, does not play a role.

The fact is that with the advent of Christianity to the Slavs, the priests actively tried to transfer the pagans to the Roman calendar. The people resisted and secretly adhered to the old calendar. Therefore, in Russia, in fact, there were 2 calendars: Roman and Slavic.

However, confusion soon began in the annals. After all, the Greek chroniclers used the Roman calendar, and the pupils of the monasteries of Kievan Rus used the Slavic calendar. At the same time, both calendars differed from the chronology of Dionysius adopted in Europe. To solve this problem, Peter I ordered the forcible transfer of the entire empire subject to him to the system of chronology dating from the birth of Christ. As practice showed, it was also imperfect, and in 1918 the country was transferred to a modern accounting system.

Sources of information about the Old Slavic calendar

Today there is no reliable data on how the real Old Slavic calendar looked like. The now popular "Krugolet Chislobog" was reconstructed on the basis of information from various historical sources of later periods. When reconstructing the Old Slavic calendar, the following sources were used:

East Slavic folk ritual calendar. Written evidence of him dates back to the XVII-XVIII centuries. Despite such a "young" age, this calendar has retained a lot of information about the life of the Slavs during the time of pagan Russia.
Church calendar "Months". In the process of Christianization of Russia, church authorities often celebrated Christian holidays on important pagan holidays. Comparing the dates of holidays from the Monthly Book with dates from other calendars, as well as from folklore sources, it is possible to calculate the time of important ancient Slavic holidays.
In the 19th century, about 400 gold plates with inscriptions were found on the site of the Vedic temple in Romania, later called “Santii Dacov”. Some of them are over 2000 years old. This find not only testifies to the presence of writing among the ancient Slavs, but also is a source of information about the eras of ancient Slavic history.
Chronicles.
archaeological finds. Most often these are ritual ones with the image of calendar symbols. The most informative are the clay vases of the Chernyakhov Slavic culture (III-IV centuries AD).

Epochs of the ancient Slavs

According to the information contained in the "Santia Dacians", the history of the ancient Slavs has 14 eras. The most important event that served as the starting point for the calendar was the approach of the solar and two other planetary systems, as a result of which earthlings observed three suns in the sky at once. This epoch was called the "Time of the Three Suns" and was dated 604387 (in relation to 2016).

In 460531, aliens from the constellation Ursa Minor arrived on Earth. They were called Da'Aryans, and this era was called the "Time of Gifts."
In 273910, aliens again arrived on Earth, but this time from the constellation Orion. They were called Kh'aryans, and in honor of them the era is called the "Time of Kh'Arr".
In 211699, the next visit of extraterrestrial beings took place, marking the beginning of the "Svag Time".
In 185779, the rise of one of the four most important cities of the Daaria continent, Tula, began. This city was famous for its skilled craftsmen and flourished for almost 20,000 years. This period of time was called "Thule Time".
In 165,043, Perun's daughter, the goddess Tara, brought many seeds to the Slavs, from which numerous forests subsequently grew - this is how the "Time of Tara" began.
In 153349, a grandiose war of Light and Darkness took place. As a result, one of Lutitia's satellites was destroyed, and its fragments became an asteroid ring - this is the Assa Dei era.
In 143,003, earthlings, with the help of scientific achievements, were able to drag a satellite from another planet, and the Earth, which already had two satellites at that time, had three of them. In honor of this momentous event, the new era is called the “Period of Three Moons”.
In 111 819, one of the three moons was destroyed and its fragments fell to Earth, sinking the ancient continent of Daaria. However, its inhabitants escape - the era of the "Great Migration from Daaria" began.
In 106 791, the city of the Gods Asgard Iriysky was founded on the Irtysh River, and the new system of chronology was conducted from the year of its foundation.
In 44560, all the Slavic-Aryan clans united to live together on the same territory. From that moment, the era of the "Creation of the Great Kolo Rasseniya" began.
In 40017, Perun arrived on Earth and shared his knowledge with the priests, because of which there was a grand leap in the development of human technologies. Thus began the era of the "Third Arrival of the Whiteman Perun".
In 13021, another satellite of the Earth was destroyed and its fragments, having fallen on the planet, affected the tilt of the axis. As a result, the continents broke apart and icing began, called the era of the "Great Cooling" (Cold). By the way, in terms of time frame, this period coincides with the last ice age of the Cenozoic era.

Modern humanity lives in an era that began counting years from the creation of the world in the Star Temple. The age of this era today is more than 7.5 thousand years.

George the Victorious and the era of the creation of the world in the Star Temple

As you know, the word "world" has several meanings. Thus, the name of the modern era is often interpreted as the time of the creation of the Universe. However, "peace" also means reconciliation between warring parties. In this regard, the name "Creation of the World in the Star Temple" has a completely different interpretation.

Shortly before the first year "from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple" was marked, a war broke out between the Slavic tribes and the Chinese. With huge losses, the Slavs managed to win, and on the day of the autumn equinox, peace was concluded between the two peoples. To mark this important event, it was made the starting point of a new era. Subsequently, in many works of art, this victory was allegorically depicted in the form of a knight (Slavs) and a slaying dragon (Chinese).

This symbol was so popular that with the advent of Christianity it could not be eradicated. From the time of the Kiev prince Yaroslav the Wise, the knight who defeated the dragon began to be officially called George (Yuri) the Victorious. Its significance for the Slavs is also evidenced by the fact that the cult of George the Victorious was very common among all Slavic tribes. In addition, at different times, Kiev, Moscow, and many other ancient Slavic cities were depicted on the coat of arms of this saint. Interestingly, the story of St. George is popular not only among Orthodox and Catholics, but also among Muslims.

The structure of the Old Slavic calendar

The Old Slavic calendar refers to one complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun not as a year, but as a summer. It consists of three seasons: autumn (autumn), winter and spring. Each season included 3 months of 40-41 days each. A week in those days consisted of 9 days, and a day - of 16 hours. The Slavs did not have minutes and seconds, but there were parts, fractions, moments, moments, whitefish and santigs. It is difficult to even imagine what level the technology should have been if there were names for such short periods of time.

Years in this system were measured not in decades and centuries, as today, but in 144-year cycles: 16 years for each of the 9 constellations of the Svarog Circle.

Each ordinary year from the creation of the world consisted of 365 days. But the leap year 16 had as many as 369 days (each month in it consisted of 41 days).

New Year among the ancient Slavs

Unlike the modern calendar, in which the New Year begins in the middle of winter, the Slavic chronology considered autumn to be the beginning of the year. Although the opinions of historians differ on this issue. Most scientists believe that the New Year was originally on the day of the autumn equinox, which helped to more accurately adjust the calendar for the Slavs from the creation of the world in the Star Temple. However, according to Byzantine tradition, they tried to postpone the beginning of the new year to the first month of spring. As a result, there were not only two calendars in parallel, but also two traditions to celebrate the New Year: in March (like the Romans) and in September (like in Byzantium and the Slavs).

Months of the ancient Slavs

The first month of the ancient Slavic nine-month calendar was called Ramhat (beginning September 20-23), followed by the winter months Aylet (October 31 - November 3), Beylet (December 10-13) and Gaylet (January 20-23).

The spring months were called Daylet (March 1-4), Ailet (April 11-14) and Veylet (May 21-24). After that, autumn began, consisting of the months of Haylet (July 1-4) and Taylet (August 10-13). And the next, autumn month of Ramhat was the beginning of the New Year.

With the adoption of Christianity instead of Roman, Slavic names were given to the months. With the establishment of a new calendar by Peter I, Latin names were returned to the months. They remained in the modern Russian language, while the fraternal peoples retained or returned the familiar Slavic names of the months.

It is not known for certain what they were called with the advent of Christianity before the reform of Peter I, however, there are several options reconstructed thanks to the folklore of various Slavic peoples.

Week with the Slavs

The question of the number of days in a week before the reform of Peter I remains controversial to this day. Many argue that there were 7 of them - hence the surviving names in all

However, if you think about the words from The Little Humpbacked Horse, it becomes surprising how the text of 1834 mentions such a day of the week as the “eight”, which precedes another day - the “week”.

It turns out that the memories of the nine-day week remained in the memory of the Slavs, which means that initially there were only 9 days.

How to calculate the year according to the Old Slavic calendar?

Today, many Slavs are trying to return to the traditions of their ancestors, including their calendar.

But the modern world, living according to the Christian calendar, requires a person to be able to navigate in this reference system of years. Therefore, everyone using the Slavic chronology (from the creation of the world) should know how to translate years from it into the Christian system. Despite the obvious differences between both systems of reckoning, this is easy to do. It is necessary to add the number 5508 (the difference in years between systems) to any date of the Christian calendar, and it will be possible to translate the date into the Slavic chronology. What year is now according to this system can be determined by the following formula: 2016 + 5508 \u003d 7525. However, it should be borne in mind that the modern year begins in January, and for the Slavs - from September, so you can use the online calculator for more accurate calculations.

More than three hundred years have passed since the inhabitants of the Russian Empire stopped using the Slavic calendar. Despite its accuracy, today it is only history, but it should be remembered, since it not only included the wisdom of the ancestors, but was also part of the Slavic culture, which, despite the opinion of Peter I, was not only not inferior to European, but also in surpassed her in some things.

We need to remember our history and go our own way.

Currently, we use the dating of the years from the birth of Christ and the Gregorian calendar.

The Julian calendar, the so-called "old style", is not forgotten either. Every year in January we remember him when we celebrate the "old" New Year. Also, the media carefully reminds of the change of years according to the Chinese, Japanese, Thai and other calendars.

Of course, this expands our horizons. Let's expand our horizons.

But, in order to make our horizons even wider, let's touch on the ancient tradition of the chronology of the Slavic peoples - the Daariian Krugolet of Chislobog, according to which our Ancestors lived not so long ago.

Now this calendar is used only by the Old Believers - representatives of the most ancient Slavic-Aryan Faith - Ynglism.

The widespread use of our ancient calendar ceased a little over 300 years ago, when Tsar Peter 1, by his Decree, introduced a foreign calendar on the territory of Russia and ordered on the night of January 1 to celebrate the onset of the year 1700 from the birth of Jesus Christ. The calendar reform stole (at least) 5500 years of our stories.

And in Russia at that time it was Summer 7208 from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple.

But it does not say at all that the emperor did not just change the calendar, he actually “stole”, at least (!). five and a half thousand years of our true history.

After all, the event from which the years were counted - the Creation of the World in the Star Temple (5508 BC) did not mean the creation of the universe by the biblical god at all, but literally; the signing of a peace treaty in the year of the Star Temple for the Krugolet Chislobog after the victory of the Power of the Great Race (in the modern sense - Russia) over the empire of the Great Dragon (in the modern - China).

By the way, the symbolic image of a rider on a white horse slaying a dragon, known in Christian tradition as George the Victorious, actually symbolizes just this victory.

That is why this symbol has long been so widespread and revered in Russia among the Slavic-Aryan peoples.

From what events was the reckoning?

A natural question arises: what event was the reckoning from before the Creation of the World in the Star Temple?

The answer is obvious - from an earlier significant event.

Moreover, counting of years from different events could be carried out in parallel. That is how, with the mention of several time periods, the ancient chronicles began.

For example, here are a few dates of the current 2016 from RX:

Summer 7524 from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple

Summer 13024 from the Great Cooling

Summer 44560 from the Creation of the Great Kolo Rasseniya

Summer 106794 from the Founding of Asgard of Iria

Summer 111822 from the Great Migration from Daaria

Summer 143006 from the period of the Three Moons

Summer 153382 by Assa Dei

Summer 185782 from Thule Time

Summer 604390 from the Time of Three Suns, etc.

Obviously, in the context of the modern "official" chronology, these dates look simply fantastic,

But for an independently thinking person who is interested in the ancient cultural heritage of the peoples of the Earth, such “gaps of years” do not look so frightening.

After all, not only in the Slavic-Aryan Vedas, but also in quite a few written monuments that have come down to us throughout the Earth, even much longer periods of historical time are mentioned,

Unbiased archaeological and paleo-astronomical studies point to the same facts.

It will also be very interesting to remember that in pre-Petrine times in Russia, not numbers were used to designate numerical values, as is now customary, but titled letters, i.e. Slavic letters with service symbols.

What did Cyril and Methodius "fix"?

And since the calendar is a written tradition (try to orally maintain and pass on such a complex and dynamic array of information from generation to generation), it is obvious that before the time of Peter I, writing in Russia already existed, at least (!) Seven over a thousand years.

However, it is believed that writing was “invented” especially for us, “illiterates”, by two Greek monks Cyril and Methodius, who only added a few Greek letters to our alphabet instead of diphthongs they did not understand.

And, modestly speaking, the ever-increasing pomposity during the annual "Cyril and Methodius" and "birthdays" of "Slavic" writing is surprising. At the present time, since we use the modern calendar (from AD), it would be more correct to use it only for the events of the last three hundred years.

And more ancient events, for a clear understanding of their essence, must be dated in the system of chronology that was used before 1700. Otherwise, a misinterpretation of our history, culture, traditions and customs is possible.

It is sincerely regrettable that the dating of pre-Petrine events in modern textbooks,

For example, the year 1242 is called the year of the Battle on the Ice on Lake Peipsi, and at that time it was 6750 in Russia.

Or, for example, the year 988 from the birth of Jesus Christ is considered the year of the baptism of Kiev.

But in Kiev then they celebrated Summer 6496 from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple.

Brothers and sisters, let's remember our past, look for it if evil minds hide it from us on purpose.

Slavs are a great race.

Reckoning: what is it? The chronology is a time reference system (in days, weeks, months, years) that began with a specific event. The chronology could differ among different peoples, confessions. This can be explained by the fact that different events were taken as the starting point. However, today one system of chronology has been officially established all over the world, which is used in all countries and on all continents.

The chronology in Russia

The chronology in Russia was carried out according to the calendar adopted by Byzantium. As you know, after the adoption of Christianity in the tenth century AD, the year of the creation of the world was chosen as a starting point. To be more precise, this day is the day when the first man, Adam, was created. It happened on the first of March 5508 AD. And in Russia for a long time they considered the beginning of spring the beginning of the year.

Reform of Peter the Great

The old chronology "from the creation of the world" was changed by Emperor Peter the Great to the chronology from the Nativity of Christ. this was done from the first of January 1700 (or 7208 "from the foundation of the world"). Why did they change the calendar? It is believed that Peter the Great did this for convenience, to synchronize time with Europe. European countries have long lived according to the system "from the birth of Christ." And since the emperor did a lot of business with the Europeans, this step was quite appropriate. After all, the difference in years in Europe and in the Russian Empire at that time was 5508 years!

The Old Russian chronology, therefore, differed from the modern one in the reference point of time. And the chronology before the Nativity of Christ was called the chronology "from the creation of the world."

How it all began

When did the reckoning begin? There is evidence that in 325 AD the first council of Christian bishops took place. It was they who decided that the reckoning should be conducted from the creation of the world. The reason for this countdown was the need to know when to celebrate Easter. The date of the creation of the world was proposed based on considerations and reasoning about the life of Jesus Christ.

After the council of bishops, the Roman Empire adopted this chronology. And after a couple of hundred years, it was proposed to switch to the reckoning from the Nativity of Christ. This idea was expressed by Dionysius the Lesser, a Roman monk, in 532. When Jesus was born is not exactly known, but it happened around the second or fourth year of our era. It was from this year that the countdown of time, which is now called from the Nativity of Christ, began. This point separates the new era (ours) from the past (respectively, the designations AD and BC).

But the world for a long time switched to a new version of the countdown. This took about half a millennium, and for Russia - more than a thousand years. The transition was gradual, so often the year “from the creation of the world” was also indicated in brackets of the date.

Aryan chronology and Slavic chronology

The chronology of the Aryans was conducted from the creation of the world, that is, it was different from what existed in the world. But the Aryans did not believe that the world was created precisely in 5508 BC. In their opinion, the starting point was the year when peace was concluded between the Slavic-Aryans and the Arims (ancient Chinese tribes). Another name for this reckoning is the Creation of the World in the Star Temple. After the victory over the Chinese, a symbol appeared - a rider on a white horse, killing a dragon. The latter in this case symbolized China, which was defeated.

The Old Slavic chronology was carried out according to the Daariysky Krugolet Chislobog. You can read more about this calendar in the corresponding article. After the reform of Peter the Great, they began to say that "he stole 5508 years from the Slavs." In general, the emperor's innovation did not find positive feedback from the Slavs, they resisted him for a long time. But the chronology of the ancient Slavs and their calendar were banned. To date, they are used only by the Old Believers, Ynglings.

The chronology according to the Slavic calendar had its own interesting features:

The Slavs had only three seasons: spring, autumn, winter. By the way, the whole year among the ancient Slavs was called "summer".
There were nine months.
There were forty or forty-one days in the month.

Thus, the chronology of the ancient Slavs, who were pagans, went against the generally accepted Christian one. Indeed, many Slavs, even having adopted the Christian faith, continued to remain pagans. They were true to their worldviews and did not accept the reckoning "from the Nativity of Christ."

The chronology has become a reflection of religion, which has occupied and continues to occupy a dominant position in the state, in society, in the world. Christianity today is practiced by more than thirty percent of the world's population. It is not surprising that the birth of Christ was chosen as its beginning. It has also become convenient to distinguish between the past era and the new one. Peter, having changed the system of chronology in Russia, made it possible to coordinate all the activities of the country with the rest of the world. It is hard to imagine that today there would be an abyss between countries of more than five and a half thousand years! Also, a positive aspect of the chronology common to all is the convenience in studying history and other sciences.

Calculation errors. History is fake.

Our ancient system of measuring time intervals was simple, public and clear, as it was based on well-known astronomical phenomena. The Slavs in ancient times had several calendar forms of reckoning, but only a few have survived to this day ... The creation of the World in ancient times was called the conclusion of a peace treaty between warring peoples. Thus, we have a “new frame of reference”.

This most peaceful treaty between the Great Race (ancient Slavs) and the Great Dragon (ancient Chinese) was concluded on the day of the Autumnal Equinox, or on the 1st day of the First month of Summer 5500 from the Great Cold (Great Cooling). The victory was then won by the Great Race, which was displayed in the form of an image - the White Knight on horseback strikes the Dragon with a spear.

Different peoples living in Europe had different systems for counting days. This great variety of calendar systems sometimes introduced great confusion into the definition of “big trading days” ... therefore, in 45 BC. e. By decree of Emperor Julius Caesar, a "new" calendar system was introduced, which was required to be observed throughout the entire Roman Empire.

Christian missionaries who went to "enlighten" the pagans of Europe faced serious problems...
Even if they introduced someone to the new faith, they immediately faced problems of not understanding when to celebrate holidays or at what time to observe fasts...
A different calendar system did not allow Christian missionaries to correctly determine which date of the local calendar corresponds to the Julian calendar, because local calendars were more difficult for Christians to understand, and besides, comparable dates constantly “floated”.

Only one way out was found. Ban the old calendar and introduce a new one - Julian.

The same picture was observed during the baptism of Russia ... The people did not accept the introduced Julian calendar. Because it was not clear to the people why an alien calendar was needed on Russian soil, with three more numbered months in Latin, and besides, it still began not on the Day of the Autumn Equinox, but at the beginning of spring.
But Christians found a way out of this situation: they came up with Slavic names for the Julian calendar - and instead of numbers in Latin, the months received Slavic names: Berezen, Kviten, Traven, Cherven, Lipen, Serpen, Veresen, Zhovten, Leaf fall, Gruden, Sichen, Lyuty.

Only in this form did the Christians succeed in imposing an alien calendar on the Slavic peoples. In other Slavic countries, the same reconstruction of the Julian calendar was carried out, and the months received their Slavic names...

Our calendar - or, as we say, Kolyada Dar - was banned by Peter the Great. In Summer 7208 (1699), he issued a decree on the abolition of all the old calendars that simultaneously existed on the Russian lands, and introduced the Western European calendar from the Nativity of Christ, while he moved the beginning of the calendar (New Year) from the Autumn Equinox Day (among the Slavs-Old Believers ) and September 1 (for Christians) on January 1, and designated the starting date - 1700:
“Because in Russia they consider the New Year in different ways, from now on stop fooling people and consider the New Year everywhere from January 1, Summer 1700 from the Nativity of Christ. And as a sign of a good undertaking and fun, congratulate each other on the New Year, wishing well-being in business and prosperity in the family. In honor of the New Year, make decorations from fir trees, amuse children, ride sleds from the mountains. And for adults, drunkenness and massacre should not be committed - there are enough other days for that.

The date of the beginning of the new calendar was not chosen by Peter the Great by chance. On December 25, the entire Christian world celebrates Christmas. According to the Bible, on the eighth day, the baby Jesus was circumcised according to the Jewish rite, that is, on January 1, the Christian church celebrated the Circumcision of the Lord.

It was this date that Peter the Great chose ... by his decree he ordered all his subjects to celebrate the beginning of the new calendar and congratulate each other on the New Year.

The Slavic year began at the point of the autumn equinox (in modern September), which was easily determined on the horizon by periodically observing the place of sunrise or sunset of the Yarila-Sun. The points of the autumn and spring equinoxes on the horizon coincide and lie strictly between the points of the summer and winter solstices. Therefore, having once determined the winter and summer solstice and the point between them, and then placing the corresponding three landmarks on the horizon (mounds, dolmens, etc.), it is possible to quite accurately fix the new year, as well as the turn of the day to decrease and increase.

The modern calendar has been complicated for the sake of political interests. So, now the New Year begins on a day that is unremarkable from the point of view of an observer of celestial phenomena.
New days used to begin at the moment of sunset of the Yarila-Sun on the day of the equinox - very simply and clearly. Now the day begins at night, when everyone is asleep. But even if you didn’t sleep, it’s still impossible to fix the beginning of a new day, since there is nothing to observe in the sky at this moment.

Values in the Old Slavic calendar

The Old Slavic calendar is based on a 16-decimal number system and divides long periods of time into Circles of Life, each with 144 Summers (years), and Summer into three seasons: Autumn, Winter and Spring. In the modern chronology, the historical account is kept for centuries (periods of 100 years), and there are four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter).

The path through the starry sky of the Yarila-Sun among the Slavic peoples was called the Svarog circle. The Svarog circle itself was divided into 16 parts, and they were called mansions, or halls (constellations), which in turn were divided into 9 "halls" each. Thus, the Svarog circle consisted of 144 parts, and each part had its own unique celestial rune.

The word Svarga in ancient times denoted all habitable territories — the Universes of our Reality. In the ancient Slavic Vedas it is said about them: "The Great Trees of the Worlds, which receive the Light Power from the waters of the Heavenly Iriy." God Svarog - God of fire, blacksmithing, family hearth. The ancient Slavs considered him a heavenly blacksmith and a great warrior. The legend says that he, who controls the entire world order of our Universe in the Explicit World (World of Reveal), gave people the first plow and blacksmith tongs, taught them how to smelt copper and iron. The very name of God is associated with the Sanskrit "swar" - sparkle, shine, radiate, burn. God Svarog, our ancestors believed, is the father of many Light gods and goddesses, who were collectively called Svarozhichs.
The same months, depending on the climate of the places where different tribes lived, received different names.

Years were counted from the "creation of the world" (5508 BC). For many centuries, the beginning of the year was considered March 1, but in 1492, in accordance with the definition of the Council of Nicaea, the beginning of the year was officially moved to September 1 and was celebrated this way for more than two hundred years. However, a few months after the Muscovites celebrated their next New Year on September 1, 7208, they had to repeat the celebration. This happened because on December 19, 7208, a personal decree of Peter I was signed and promulgated on the reform of the calendar in Russia, according to which a new beginning of the year was introduced - from January 1, and a new era - the Christian chronology (from the "Christmas").

The course of the “river of Time” for our ancestors is the rotation of the rings of the Daarisky Krugolet Chislobog anti-sun: rotation of 16 hours in a day, rotation of 9 days in a week, rotation of 9 months in Summer (year), rotation of 16 years through 9 elements (“halls”) in Circle of Life, the rotation of a series of years through 16 chambers (constellations) of the Svarog Circle.

One Summer contains 9 months, a month - 41 or 40 days (depending on whether it is odd or even), a day - 16 hours, an hour - 144 parts, a part - 1296 shares, a share - 72 instants, an instant - 760 instants, an instant - 160 sigs, sig - 14,000 santigs. So ) 0.000000003305 seconds. Such accuracy is unattainable even with the most advanced modern chronometers. Why the ancient Slavs needed it, we, their descendants, can only guess.

The week includes 9 days (Monday, Tuesday, triteynik, Thursday, Friday, sixth, seven, eight, week). All months begin on strictly defined days of the week. For example, if the first month of a given Summer begins on Tuesday, then all other odd months in this Summer will begin on Tuesday, and even months on the week. Therefore, the calendar that we now carry in our pocket and which contains 12 different plates-months, used to include only two plates: one for odd months, the other for even ones.
The ancient Slavic calendar, as well as the Scandinavian or Celtic, had a Runic display form, that is, initially the names of months, numbers, days of the week and the names of Years were written in Runes.

For those who don't know: Rune is not a letter or a syllable... Rune is a secret Image. The names of the months were originally indicated by Runes, and later an entry was added with a capital letter with a brief disclosure of the semantic meaning.

The first month was indicated by one Rune, and the remaining eight months were indicated by the combination of two Runes, with the second Rune indicating the part of the solar cycle known to us as Summer.
In the Old Slovenian letter, when writing the name of the month, the letter “Ъ” was affixed at the end - erъ, which sounded like an O-short. In addition, each month carried its own semantic load that determines people's lives.

9 months of the ancient Slavs is:
Ramhat - the month of the divine beginning (41 days),
Aylet - month of new gifts (40 days),
Beylet - the month of white radiance and peace of the world (41 days),
Gaylet - month of blizzards and cold (40 days),
Daylet - the month of the awakening of nature (41 days),
Elet - the month of sowing and naming (40 days),
Veylet - month of winds (41 days),
Haylet - the month of receiving the gifts of nature (40 days),
Taileth is the month of completion (41 days).

All these names are associated with certain cycles of human life on Earth. This system has its roots in the times when white people lived on the northern mainland, which they called Daaria (Hyperborea, Arctida, Arctogea).

Therefore, this system is called the Daarisky Krugolet Chislobog.

The Circles of Years (16) pass through the Elements of Nature (9), thus the complete Circle of passage is called the Circle of Life.

But not only Leta, were considered Circles for 16 years, the complete passage of the Yarila-Sun through the Heavens among the stars also contained the number 16.
These equal parts are called the Heavenly Halls of the Svarog Circle. Each Hall has its own Patron, God or Goddess.
The Runes of Time and their structural display are shown on the second circle of the Daarisky round-plane, from the outer edge.
That is, we have a Daily Circle, in which there are 16 hours, 4 hours for each time of day...

4 hours for Evening, 4 hours for Night, 4 hours for Morning and 4 hours for Day. Each hour has its own name, damn image and Runic writing.
Each of the 16 hours also had its own name:
1st hour - Paobed (beginning of a new day) - 19.30 - 21.00 (winter time, respectively 20.30 - 22.00 - summer time; then only winter time is indicated).
2 - Vechir (the appearance of star dew in Heaven) - 21.00 - 22.30.
3 - Draw (odd time of three moons) - 22.30 - 24.00.
4 - Polich (full path of the Moons) - 24.00 - 1.30.
5 - Morning (starry consolation of dew) - 1.30 - 3.00.
6 - Zaura (starlight, dawn) - 3.00 - 4.30.
7 - Zaurnice (the end of the starlight) - 4.30 - 6.00.
8 - Nastya (morning dawn) - 6.00 - 7.30.
9 - Svaor (sunrise) - 7.30 - 9.00.
10 - Morning (calming dew) - 9.00 - 10.30.
11 - Morning (the path of collecting soothed dew) - 10.30 - 12.00.
12 - Obestina (Lunch, joint meeting) - 12.00 - 13.30.
13 - Lunch, or lunch (meal), 13.30 - 15.00.
14 - Give (rest after a meal) - 15.00 - 16.30.
15 - Utdayni (end time of deeds) - 16.30 - 18.00.
16 - Poudani (end day) - 18.00 - 19.30.

In the next Circle, the Runes of the 16 Heavenly Halls are depicted, their inscription has a certain connection with the location of the stars in the Firmament and with the Natural Elements ... Therefore, these Runes were often placed on amulets. Not only on those worn by people ... but also on the amulets protecting livestock and poultry. In addition, these amulets can be found on dishes and other household utensils ...

The next circle is called the Circle of Elements, 9 Elements are indicated in it, through which the time of life passes. Each Element has its own name and its own Rune of Order. The beginning is laid from the First Element ...
Land
Star
Fire
The sun
Tree
Heaven
Ocean
moon
God

Each Summer, one way or another, was connected with the Circle of Elements, therefore, knowing the elemental characteristics, people were aware of what to expect from this or that Summer.
The next was the Weekly Circle. It was used to determine not only the ordinal number of the day of the week, but also which of the Gods patronizes this day, as well as which of the Nine Earths of the Yarila-Sun system gives its strength ...

In the very center, in the Circle, which is the structural designation of a person. 9 points indicated 9 main energy centers (chakras) of a person, through which he receives various streams of life force ... 9 types of human consciousness, 9 different feelings that are given to a person ... and much more ...

At first glance, the above measures of time are difficult to remember and inconvenient, while the modern system of measures is more streamlined and visual. But in fact, the current system is archaic, less accurate and retains the imprints of many, again, political alterations.

The date of the beginning of summer strictly coincided with the Day of the Autumnal Equinox, so the dates of the Gregorian calendar also come out, but it corresponded much more accurately to the astronomical calendar and was easier to use.

Yarilo - the Sun - moves along the Svarog circle and passes through 16 heavenly chambers (an analogue of the eastern zodiac circle), in which the Suns, Stars and star clusters are collected. Each hall, in turn, is divided into 9 halls, each hall has 9 tables, on both sides of the tables there are benches - 72 on one side and 72 on the other. Women sit on one side and men on the other.

It is from the Svarog circle that the souls of people come to earth at the moment of birth.
For the amulet, the Slavs wore the sign of the hall of their birth, as well as the patron god of the day of the week and year of birth, a pantheon of patron gods was obtained, and also by the amulets (and the hierarchy of their location) a knowledgeable person could accurately tell the birthday of the person wearing the amulets.

In Slavic astrology, the presence of 27 planets in the solar system is considered, some of them existed earlier and are now destroyed: fragments in the form of an asteroid belt remain. These are echoes of the battles of the gods, or, as the modern generation would call them, Star Wars. Some of the distant Earths, considered by Slavic astrology, by modern astronomical science, have not yet been discovered, or (due to their remoteness) are not considered planets of the solar system. How right the Slavic astronomical atlas can be shown only by the development of astronomy and astronautics.

Calendar changes

In the "Darkest Times" the week was shortened to seven days thanks to the worshipers of the lunar cult. The number of months in a year has increased and their names have changed, as some ancient rulers wanted to perpetuate their name by inventing new months and giving them their name. First they changed the names of the first nine months and added the tenth. December means "tenth month" in Latin. The ninth month was named November, the eighth - October, the seventh - September.

Then, at the whim of ambitious and conceited rulers, two more months were added in the middle of the year (July - lat. Julius - in honor of Julius Caesar; August - lat. Augustus - in honor of Emperor Augustus). And December has already become the twelfth in order, although it continued (and continues) to mean "tenth" in the sense of its Latin root. The same applies to the words "September", "October" and "November", which, contrary to the meaning of their roots, have become designations for the corresponding ninth, tenth and eleventh months.

Due to the increase in the number of months, there was a leapfrog in their duration. It has decreased (just like in the famous cartoon about sheepskin tailoring: is it possible to have seven? - it is possible to have seven!). Since there were no more days in the year than there are (365 or 366), the months became 31, 30, 28 or 29 days each. In connection with these restructurings, months and years began to begin on different days of the week. The order of the ancient chronology collapsed.

Then the beginning of the day was moved to midnight, thus combining with the beginning of the holiday of Satanists and devil worshipers, for whom the “real” day really should begin with the Sabbath.

The number of hours in a day was increased to 24, changing the duration of the hour and thereby losing the concept of a part, a fraction, an instant, an instant, a whitefish. And to top it all, these short periods of time began to be measured in the Sumerian, sexagesimal number system. An hour was divided into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds. Much later, the second began to be divided into parts already in the decimal number system - into milliseconds, microseconds, etc.

Many elements of the ancient Slavic calendar (Daariysky Krugolet Chislobog) have survived to this day in the form of sayings and customs, the origins of which have already been forgotten. For example, the Great Trizna, that is, the commemoration of the deceased, takes place in a week and a month, that is, on the ninth and fortieth day. The seventh day of the week is commemorated, because on this day Dazhdbog was crucified in the Caucasus Mountains.

In ancient times, a girl got married only after 16 years, or 144 months, which is one Circle of the Daariian Roundabout, before this period she communicated, learned the Message, and after that she stopped communicating and became a bride.

For seven months (in ancient time reckoning) the mother bore the child in her womb and forty forty (months) then feeds him with breast milk. And after forty forty, or four years and four months, after the birth of the first child, women began a period of life improvement, as a result of which she becomes a knowing mother (or witch).
369 weeks after the birth of a person, the era of his spiritual education began, for at the age of nine, the first Great communion with the ancient wisdom of the gods and ancestors took place.
At 108 months, or at 12 years old, a person came of age, and he went through the rites of coming of age and naming, and after another 108 months, he, accepting spiritual sanctification by the Holy Fire, had to know the true meaning of the existence of his Family and the true meaning of the generic name.

At the age of 33, each of our ancestors had a time for spiritual perfection. And at 369 months, or at 41 years, the era of spiritual insight began.

The names of the months from the Slavic folk calendars (names from the Book of Veles in brackets):

January: dr. rus. - prosinets, stuzhailo, Ukrainian. - section, Belor. - student, (student).

February: dr. rus. - snow, cross section, low water, lute, bokogrey, Ukrainian. - fierce, Belarusian. and pol. - fierce, (ladych).

March: dr. rus. - dry, protalnik, dropper, zimobor, berezozol, Belor. - juicer, (lutich)

April: dr. rus. - berezozol, snegogon, pollen, aquarius, caddisfly, belor. - Krasovik, (Beloyar).

May: dr. rus. - grass, herbalist, yarets, (lado).
June: dr. rus. - flint, izokkuznechik, worm, grain-grower, multi-colored, hoarder, Ukrainian. and Belarusian - a worm, (bathed).

July: dr. rus. - cherv, stradnik, senozarnik, lipets, thunderstorm, zharnik, serpen, Belor. and pol. - lime, lit. - liepas, (senich).

August: dr. rus. - stubble, serpen, gustyr, hospitable, glow, pickle, (granary).

September: dr. rus. - Veresen, frowning, howler, dawn, Belor. and Ukrainian - Veresen, deciduous, golden flower, (broom).

October: dr. rus. - pozimnik, leaf fall, chest, mud, yellow, Ukrainian. - Zhovten, Belarusian. - caster, (zernich).

November: dr. rus. - chest, leafy, semi-winter, Ukrainian. and Belarusian - leaf fall, (ovsenich).

December: dr. rus. - jelly, studny, cold, frowning (prosich).

The most stable names: January - jelly, February - snowfall, March - zimobor, April - berezosol, May - grass, June - sunday, July - worm, August - sickle, September - springtime, October - yellow, November - breast, December - frowning.