60-Week Calendar

The 60 Week or 6 Day Week Calendar features a six-day week consisting of three-day work weeks and three-day weekends or four-day work weeks and two-day weekends.

The 12 months in the Gregorian calendar would be changed to 30 days each. An off-calendar day would occur on each Equinox and the Summer Solstice, as well as two consecutive off-calendar days on the Winter Solstice and the day after, a third consecutive off-calendar day would serve the purpose of Leap-Day on Leap-Years approximately every four years. All other periodic adjustments would also occur during this period. It would mark a return to natural holidays, where New Years, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, are orginated. Also, Easter to the Spring Equinox, Halloween to the Autumnal Equinox, and Midsummer to the Summer Solstice (with respect to the northern hemisphere.)

Features

• 12 Months per year
• 60 Weeks per year
• 365 Days per year

• 4 Seasons per year
• 3 Months per season
• 5 Weeks per month
• 6 Days per week:
  • Monday (Mono/One's Day)
  • Tuesday (Dues/Two's Day)
  • Wednesday (Tres/Three's Day)
  • Thursday (Four's Day)
  • Friday (Five Day)
  • Saturday (Set/Six Day)

Benefits

• Optimal Solar/Lunar Hybrid (30 day months are as close to natural lunar 29.5 day cycle as is feasable)
• More efficient work scheduling and traffic flow with a total of 4 shifts per week (3 days on 3 days off w/ 12hr shifts for 24hr operations with 2160 hours per year.)
• Or 8 hour shifts 4 out of 6 days per week for 1920 hours per year
• 3 day weekend could decrease stress and improve effieciency.

Drawback

• Would require a modification of the week, which may not be accepted, particularly by western cultures, which are used to a 7 day Old Testament based week.

External links

• Webpage about the 60 Week Calendar by Ricardo Arturo.