The Enoch calendar is an ancient calendar described in the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch. It divided the year into four seasons of exactly 13 weeks each. Each such season consisted of two 30-day months followed by one 31-day month. Each season began on a Sunday; since the first month had 30 days, the second month began on a Tuesday; since the second month had 30 days, the third month began on a Thursday.

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  • The Enoch calendar is an ancient calendar described in the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch. It divided the year into four seasons of exactly 13 weeks each. Each such season consisted of two 30-day months followed by one 31-day month. Each season began on a Sunday; since the first month had 30 days, the second month began on a Tuesday; since the second month had 30 days, the third month began on a Thursday. Calendar expert John Pratt wrote that "The Enoch calendar has been criticized as hopelessly primitive because, with only 364 days, it would get out of sync with the seasons so quickly: in only 25 years the seasons would arrive an entire month early. Such a gross discrepancy, however, merely indicates that the method of intercalation has been omitted. " Pratt pointed out that by adding an extra week at the end of every seventh year, and then adding two extra weeks to every fourth Sabbatical year, the calendar could be as accurate as the Julian calendar.
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  • The Enoch calendar is an ancient calendar described in the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch. It divided the year into four seasons of exactly 13 weeks each. Each such season consisted of two 30-day months followed by one 31-day month. Each season began on a Sunday; since the first month had 30 days, the second month began on a Tuesday; since the second month had 30 days, the third month began on a Thursday.
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  • Enoch calendar
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