Our Calendar / The Julian calendar and its errors. How corrected by the Gregorian. Rules for finding the dominical letter, and the day of the week of any event from the days of Julius Caesar 46 B.C. to the year of our Lord four thousand; a new and easy method of fixing the date of Easter. Hebrew calendar; showing the correspondence in the date of events recorded in the Bible with our present Gregorian calendar. Illustrated by valuable tables and charts.

by George Nichols Packer

In the table the three months are taken to illustrate how easily the change may be made from Roman to English, or from English to Roman date. A complete calendar for 1892, both in Roman and English, which will be very convenient for reference, may be found on the four following pages.

The first seven letters of the alphabet, used to represent the days of the week, are placed in the calendar beside the days of the week. The letter that represents Sunday is called the dominical or Sunday letter. The letter that represents the first Sunday in any given year represents all the Sundays in that year, unless it be leap-year, when two Sunday letters are used. The first represents all the Sundays in January and February, while the letter that precedes it represents all the Sundays for the rest of the year.

The reason of this is, the day intercalated, or thrust in, between the 28th day of February and the 1st day of March so interrupts the order of the letters that D, which always represents the 1st day of March, now represents the 29th day of February, so that in 1892 it represents Monday, the 29th day of February, also Tuesday the 1st day of March. As it represented all the Mondays in January and February, it will now represent all the Tuesdays for the rest of the year, while C, the letter preceding, represented all the Sundays, will now represent all the Mondays, and B all the Sundays. For January and February we have then C, Sunday; D, Monday; E, Tuesday; F, Wednesday; G, Thursday; A, Friday, and B, Saturday. For the rest of the year we have B, Sunday; C, Monday; D, Tuesday; E, Wednesday; F, Thursday; G, Friday, and A, Saturday. See [Part Second], chapters [IV] and [V].

Jan., 1892.				Feb., 1892.				March, 1892.
1	Cal.	a	Fri.	1	Cal.	d	Mon.	1	Cal.	d	Tues.
2	4	b	Sat.	2	4	e	Tues.	2	6	e	Wed.
3	3	c	Sun.	3	3	f	Wed.	3	5	f	Thur.
4	2	d	Mon.	4	2	g	Thur.	4	4	g	Fri.
5	Non.	e	Tues.	5	Non.	a	Fri.	5	3	a	Sat.
6	8	f	Wed.	6	8	b	Sat.	6	2	b	Sun.
7	7	g	Thur.	7	7	c	Sun.	7	Non.	c	Mon.
8	6	a	Fri.	8	6	d	Mon.	8	8	d	Tues.
9	5	b	Sat.	9	5	e	Tues.	9	7	e	Wed.
10	4	c	Sun.	10	4	f	Wed.	10	6	f	Thur.
11	3	d	Mon.	11	3	g	Thur.	11	5	g	Fri.
12	2	e	Tues.	12	2	a	Fri.	12	4	a	Sat.
13	Ides.	f	Wed.	13	Ides.	b	Sat.	13	3	b	Sun.
14	19	g	Thur.	14	16	c	Sun.	14	2	c	Mon.
15	18	a	Fri.	15	15	d	Mon.	15	Ides.	d	Tues.
16	17	b	Sat.	16	14	e	Tues.	16	17	e	Wed.
17	16	c	Sun.	17	13	f	Wed.	17	16	f	Thur.
18	15	d	Mon.	18	12	g	Thur.	18	15	g	Fri.
19	14	e	Tues.	19	11	a	Fri.	19	14	a	Sat.
20	13	f	Wed.	20	10	b	Sat.	20	13	b	Sun.
21	12	g	Thur.	21	9	c	Sun.	21	12	c	Mon.
22	11	a	Fri.	22	8	d	Mon.	22	11	d	Tues.
23	10	b	Sat.	23	7	e	Tues.	23	10	e	Wed.
24	9	c	Sun.	24	6	f	Wed.	24	9	f	Thur.
25	8	d	Mon.	25	6	g	Thur.	25	8	g	Fri.
26	7	e	Tues.	26	5	a	Fri.	26	7	a	Sat.
27	6	f	Wed.	27	4	b	Sat.	27	6	b	Sun.
28	5	g	Thur.	28	3	c	Sun.	28	5	c	Mon.
29	4	a	Fri.	29	2	d	Mon.	29	4	d	Tues.
30	3	b	Sat.					30	3	e	Wed.
31	2	c	Sun.					31	2	f	Thur.

April, 1892.				May, 1892.				June, 1892.
1	Cal.	g	Fri.	1	Cal.	b	Sun.	1	Cal.	e	Wed.
2	4	a	Sat.	2	6	c	Mon.	2	4	f	Thur.
3	3	b	Sun.	3	5	d	Tues.	3	3	g	Fri.
4	2	c	Mon.	4	4	e	Wed.	4	2	a	Sat.
5	Non.	d	Tues.	5	3	f	Thur.	5	Non.	b	Sun.
6	8	e	Wed.	6	2	g	Fri.	6	8	c	Mon.
7	7	f	Thur.	7	Non.	a	Sat.	7	7	d	Tues.
8	6	g	Fri.	8	8	b	Sun.	8	6	e	Wed.
9	5	a	Sat.	9	7	c	Mon.	9	5	f	Thur.
10	4	b	Sun.	10	6	d	Tues.	10	4	g	Fri.
11	3	c	Mon.	11	5	e	Wed.	11	3	a	Sat.
12	2	d	Tues.	12	4	f	Thur.	12	2	b	Sun.
13	Ides.	e	Wed.	13	3	g	Fri.	13	Ides.	c	Mon.
14	18	f	Thur.	14	2	a	Sat.	14	18	d	Tues.
15	17	g	Fri.	15	Ides.	b	Sun.	15	17	e	Wed.
16	16	a	Sat.	16	17	c	Mon.	16	16	f	Thur.
17	15	b	Sun.	17	16	d	Tues.	17	15	g	Fri.
18	14	c	Mon.	18	15	e	Wed.	18	14	a	Sat.
19	13	d	Tues.	19	14	f	Thur.	19	13	b	Sun.
20	12	e	Wed.	20	13	g	Fri.	20	12	c	Mon.
21	11	f	Thur.	21	12	a	Sat.	21	11	d	Tues.
22	10	g	Fri.	22	11	b	Sun.	22	10	e	Wed.
23	9	a	Sat.	23	10	c	Mon.	23	9	f	Thur.
24	8	b	Sun.	24	9	d	Tues.	24	8	g	Fri.
25	7	c	Mon.	25	8	e	Wed.	25	7	a	Sat.
26	6	d	Tues.	26	7	f	Thur.	26	6	b	Sun.
27	5	e	Wed.	27	6	g	Fri.	27	5	c	Mon.
28	4	f	Thur.	28	5	a	Sat.	28	4	d	Tues.
29	3	g	Fri.	29	4	b	Sun.	29	3	e	Wed.
30	2	a	Sat.	30	3	c	Mon.	30	2	f	Thur.
				31	2	d	Tues.

July, 1892.				Aug., 1892.				Sept., 1892.
1	Cal.	g	Fri.	1	Cal.	c	Mon.	1	Cal.	f	Thur.
2	6	a	Sat.	2	4	d	Tues.	2	4	g	Fri.
3	5	b	Sun.	3	3	e	Wed.	3	3	a	Sat.
4	4	c	Mon.	4	2	f	Thur.	4	2	b	Sun.
5	3	d	Tues.	5	Non.	g	Fri.	5	Non.	c	Mon.
6	2	e	Wed.	6	8	a	Sat.	6	8	d	Tues.
7	Non.	f	Thur.	7	7	b	Sun.	7	7	e	Wed.
8	8	g	Fri.	8	6	c	Mon.	8	6	f	Thur.
9	7	a	Sat.	9	5	d	Tues.	9	5	g	Fri.
10	6	b	Sun.	10	4	e	Wed.	10	4	a	Sat.
11	5	c	Mon.	11	3	f	Thur.	11	3	b	Sun.
12	4	d	Tues.	12	2	g	Fri.	12	2	c	Mon.
13	3	e	Wed.	13	Ides.	a	Sat.	13	Ides.	d	Tues.
14	2	f	Thur.	14	19	b	Sun.	14	18	e	Wed.
15	Ides.	g	Fri.	15	18	c	Mon.	15	17	f	Thur.
16	17	a	Sat.	16	17	d	Tues.	16	16	g	Fri.
17	16	b	Sun.	17	16	e	Wed.	17	15	a	Sat.
18	15	c	Mon.	18	15	f	Thur.	18	14	b	Sun.
19	14	d	Tues.	19	14	g	Fri.	19	13	c	Mon.
20	13	e	Wed.	20	13	a	Sat.	20	12	d	Tues.
21	12	f	Thur.	21	12	b	Sun.	21	11	e	Wed.
22	11	g	Fri.	22	11	c	Mon.	22	10	f	Thur.
23	10	a	Sat.	23	10	d	Tues.	23	9	g	Fri.
24	9	b	Sun.	24	9	e	Wed.	24	8	a	Sat.
25	8	c	Mon.	25	8	f	Thur.	25	7	b	Sun.
26	7	d	Tues.	26	7	g	Fri.	26	6	c	Mon.
27	6	e	Wed.	27	6	a	Sat.	27	5	d	Tues.
28	5	f	Thur.	28	5	b	Sun.	28	4	e	Wed.
29	4	g	Fri.	29	4	c	Mon.	29	3	f	Thur.
30	3	a	Sat.	30	3	d	Tues.	30	2	g	Fri.
31	2	b	Sun.	31	2	e	Wed.