New Year Calendar
The New Year Calendar is a proposal to reform the present Gregorian calendar. It is based on the World Calendar. So it is a 12-month, perennial calendar with equal quarters. Furthermore it has days outside the week cycle in order to keep the dates on the same day of the week every year. In this way the New Year Calendar remains the same every year. The week starts with Sunday.
For days outside the week cycle I would like to coin the word 'weekfree' days.
The New Year Calendar has four equal quarters not counting the weekfree days. Each quarter has 91 days, 13 weeks and 3 months. The three months have 30, 30 and 31 days respectively. The weekfree days are New Year and Leap Day. These days have a date and so are part of the calendar.
New Year and Leap Day are preceded by a Saturday and followed by a Sunday. So they are inside the weekend and extend it with a day. They are not intended as ordinary working days.
New Year
Of course New Year is on January 1. January therefore has 31 days as well as March, June, September and December. February has 30 days.
Leap Day
For an equal distribution of weekfree days Leap Day is placed in the middle of the year. Leap Day is on June 32. So in ordinary years June has 31 days, but in leap years it has 32 days.
New Year
All over the world New Year is celebrated with parties, festivities and gatherings. It is a tradition to wish each other a happy New Year and to make good intentions for the coming year. This existing festive day suits very well as the special day every year outside the week cycle. On the other hand World Day would introduce a new festive day right before New Year. That could hinder worldwide acceptance. That is why it is better to use New Year as a special day of the calendar.
Christmas
While December has 31 days, Christmas, December 25, will always be on a Sunday. The present calendar results in two broken working weeks, when Christmas and New Year are on a working day. The New Year calendar will not have those broken working weeks. That will make scheduling and work planning easier in the weeks following Christmas and New Year.
a condensed calendar
Because the dates stay on the same weekday the New Year Calendar can be rendered with a condensed scheme for one quarter. January however is added. It is the only month with a different scheme.