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

Dominical Letter.	Year.	Paschal Full Moon.		Easter.	Epact.	Golden Number.
gf	1748	April	13	14	0	1
e	1749	"	2	6	11	2
d	1750	March	22	29	22	3
c	1751	April	10	11	3	4
ba	1752	March	30	2	14	5
g	1753	April	18	22	25	6
f	1754	"	7	14	6	7
e	1755	March	27	30	17	8
dc	1756	April	15	18	28	9
b	1757	"	4	10	9	10
a	1758	March	24	26	20	11
g	1759	April	12	15	1	12
fe	1760	"	1	6	12	13
d	1761	March	21	22	23	14
c	1762	April	9	11	4	15
b	1763	March	29	3	15	16
ag	1764	April	17	22	26	17
f	1765	"	6	7	7	18
e	1766	March	26	30	18	19
d	1767	April	13	19	0	1
cb	1768	"	2	3	11	2
a	1769	March	22	26	22	3
g	1770	April	10	15	3	4
f	1771	March	30	31	14	5
ed	1772	April	18	19	25	6
c	1773	"	7	11	6	7
b	1774	March	27	3	17	8
a	1775	April	15	16	28	9
gf	1776	"	4	7	9	10
e	1777	March	24	30	20	11
d	1778	April	12	19	1	12
c	1779	"	1	4	12	13
ba	1780	March	21	26	23	14
g	1781	April	9	15	4	15
f	1782	March	29	31	15	16
e	1783	April	17	20	26	17
dc	1784	"	6	11	7	18
b	1785	March	26	27	18	19

the above tables, that, though the intercalary day was suppressed in the year 1800, no change is made in the date of the paschal moon. The reason is, the lunar equation also occurred; while the former correction would cause the paschal moon to fall one day later, that is on the 14th day of April, the latter would make it fall one day earlier, that is on the 12th; so they compensate each other, and there is no correction to be made until the year 1900, when the solar equation

Dominical Letter.	Year.	Paschal Full Moon.		Easter.	Epact.	Golden Number.
a	1786	April	13	16	0	1
g	1787	"	2	8	11	2
fe	1788	March	22	23	22	3
d	1789	April	10	12	3	4
c	1790	March	30	4	14	5
b	1791	April	18	24	25	6
ag	1792	"	7	8	6	7
f	1793	March	27	31	17	8
e	1794	April	15	20	28	9
d	1795	"	4	5	9	10
cb	1796	March	24	27	20	11
a	1797	April	12	16	1	12
g	1798	"	1	8	12	13
f	1799	March	21	24	23	14
e	1800	April	9	13	4	15
d	1801	March	29	5	15	16
c	1802	April	17	18	26	17
b	1803	"	6	10	7	18
ag	1804	March	26	1	18	19
f	1805	April	13	14	0	1
e	1806	"	2	6	11	2
d	1807	March	22	29	22	3
cb	1808	April	10	17	3	4
a	1809	March	30	2	14	5
g	1810	April	18	22	25	6
f	1811	"	7	14	6	7
ed	1812	March	27	29	17	8
c	1813	April	15	18	28	9
b	1814	"	4	10	9	10
a	1815	March	24	26	20	11
gf	1816	April	12	14	1	12
e	1817	"	1	6	12	13
d	1818	March	21	22	23	14
c	1819	April	9	11	4	15
ba	1820	March	29	2	15	16
g	1821	April	17	22	26	17
f	1822	"	6	7	7	18
e	1823	March	26	30	18	19

again occurs, and the first paschal moon of the cycle falls on the 14th; which cycle is repeated sixteen times in a period of 304 years, after which, in 2204, the date of the first paschal moon is the 15th of April. The reason there is no correction to make in this long period is, first, the year 2000 is a common year in the Gregorian calendar; second, in the year 2100 both the solar and the lunar equations again occur, and occurring together, they compensate each other; consequently

Dominical Letter.	Year.	Paschal Full Moon.		Easter.	Epact.	Golden Number.
dc	1824	April	13	17	0	1
b	1825	"	2	2	11	2
a	1826	March	22	25	22	3
g	1827	April	10	14	3	4
fe	1828	March	30	5	14	5
d	1829	April	18	18	25	6
c	1830	"	7	10	6	7
b	1831	March	27	2	17	8
ag	1832	April	15	21	28	9
f	1833	"	4	6	9	10
e	1834	March	24	29	20	11
d	1835	April	12	18	1	12
cb	1836	"	1	2	12	13
a	1837	March	21	22	23	14
g	1838	"	9	14	4	15
f	1839	March	29	30	15	16
ed	1840	April	17	18	26	17
c	1841	"	6	10	7	18
b	1842	March	26	26	18	19
a	1843	April	13	15	0	1
gf	1844	"	2	6	11	2
e	1845	March	22	22	22	3
d	1846	April	10	11	3	4
c	1847	March	30	3	14	5
ba	1848	April	18	22	25	6
g	1849	"	7	7	6	7
f	1850	March	27	30	17	8
e	1851	April	15	19	28	9
dc	1852	"	4	4	9	10
b	1853	March	24	27	20	11
a	1854	April	12	16	1	12
g	1855	"	1	1	12	13
fe	1856	March	21	20	23	14
d	1857	"	9	12	4	15
c	1858	March	29	4	15	16
b	1859	April	17	17	26	17
ag	1860	"	6	8	7	18
f	1861	March	26	31	18	19

the cycle is continued until 2204, after which, as has already been stated, the date of the first paschal moon is the 15th of April. This cycle is repeated six times in a period of 114 years, when in 2318, for reasons already given, the date of the first paschal moon of the next cycle falls on the 16th, and is repeated five times in a period of 95 years, when, in 2413, the lunar equation occurs alone, and the date of the first paschal moon for the next 95 years, that is till the year 2508,