From the article:
> Easter would fall on April 15 every year on Cotsworth's calendar
I don't understand why this would be. Can someone explain?
> Easter would fall on April 15 every year on Cotsworth's calendar
I don't understand why this would be. Can someone explain?
I think this is on the basis that it's important for Easter to be on a Sunday, and not nearly as important that it be the Sunday following the first full moon following the equinox, or whatever: just that once you say "it's got to be on a Sunday," you need some damn way to figure out which Sunday each year.
This calendar aligns months with weeks. Months are always exactly 4 weeks.
Just checked... you seem to be correct. The lunar calendar isn't aligned with this well enough. While the equinox date is fixed, the first full moon after that should bounce around by several days at least. Even allowing that it's always the Sunday after that, it still seems as if it could fluctuate by a week in either direction.