In fact, Christmas is the day when the Earth is passing the aphelion - a truly astronomic feature. The New Year is strictly a formal beginning of the calendar year. No astronomic peculiarity. The Iranian Novruz is oriented on the date of the Spring Equinox. The perihelion date are the St. John's days of various national types...
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Re: valdemar calisto
Date: 2010-12-27 02:06 pm (UTC)The New Year is strictly a formal beginning of the calendar year. No astronomic peculiarity.
The Iranian Novruz is oriented on the date of the Spring Equinox.
The perihelion date are the St. John's days of various national types...