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

moon that precedes it by thirty days, and which falls on the 21st of March, is the date of the first paschal moon of the cycle which commences with the year 3401. The day of the month on which Easter Sunday has fallen or will fall, from the year 1596 to 2013, is already determined, and may be seen by reference to the above tables. From 2013 to 3401, the date of Easter is determined for one lunar cycle only, at the

Dominical Letter.	Year.	Paschal Full Moon.		Easter.	Epact.	Golden Number.
ag	2204	April	15	22	0	1
f	2205	"	4	7	11	2
e	2206	March	24	30	22	3
d	2207	April	12	19	3	4
cb	2208	"	1	3	14	5
a	2209	March	21	26	25	6
g	2210	April	9	15	6	7
f	2211	March	29	31	17	8
ed	2212	April	17	19	28	9
c	2213	"	6	11	9	10
b	2214	March	26	27	20	11
a	2215	April	14	16	1	12
gf	2216	"	3	7	12	13
e	2217	March	23	30	23	14
d	2218	April	11	12	4	15
c	2219	March	31	4	15	16
ba	2220	April	19	23	26	17
g	2221	"	8	15	7	18
f	2222	March	28	31	18	19
f	2318	April	16	21	0	1
e	2319	"	5	6	11	2
dc	2320	March	25	28	22	3
b	2321	April	13	17	3	4
a	2322	"	2	9	14	5
g	2323	March	22	25	25	6
fe	2324	April	10	13	6	7
d	2325	March	30	5	17	8
c	2326	April	18	25	28	9
b	2327	"	7	10	9	10
ag	2328	March	27	1	20	11
f	2329	April	15	21	1	12
e	2330	"	4	6	12	13
d	2331	March	24	29	23	14
cb	2332	April	12	17	4	15
a	2333	"	1	2	15	16
g	2334	March	21	25	26	17
f	2335	April	9	14	7	18
ed	2336	March	29	5	18	19

beginning of each period; for the reason that it was deemed unnecessary, because the paschal moons, the epacts, and the Golden Numbers are the same for every cycle in the period. Therefore, all that remains to be done is to find the day of the month on which the first Sunday, after the paschal moon, falls. The dominical letters for any period may very easily be found by counting backwards one letter each year for every common

Dominical Letter.	Year.	Paschal Full Moon.		Easter.	Epact.	Golden Number.
f	2413	April	15	21	0	1
e	2414	"	4	6	11	2
d	2415	March	24	29	22	3
cb	2416	April	12	17	3	4
a	2417	"	1	2	14	5
g	2418	March	21	25	25	6
f	2419	April	9	14	6	7
ed	2420	March	29	5	17	8
c	2421	April	17	18	28	9
b	2422	"	6	10	9	10
a	2423	March	26	2	20	11
gf	2424	April	14	21	1	12
e	2425	"	3	6	12	13
d	2426	March	23	29	23	14
c	2427	April	11	18	4	15
ba	2428	March	31	2	15	16
g	2429	April	19	22	26	17
f	2430	"	8	14	7	18
e	2431	March	28	30	18	19
ag	2508	April	16	22	0	1
f	2509	"	5	7	11	2
e	2510	March	25	30	22	3
d	2511	April	13	19	3	4
cb	2512	"	2	3	14	5
a	2513	March	22	26	25	6
g	2514	April	10	15	6	7
f	2515	March	30	31	17	8
ed	2516	April	18	19	28	9
c	2617	"	7	11	9	10
b	2518	March	27	3	20	11
a	2519	April	15	16	1	12
gf	2520	"	4	7	12	13
e	2521	March	24	30	23	14
d	2522	April	12	19	4	15
c	2523	"	1	4	15	16
ba	2524	March	21	26	26	17
g	2525	April	9	15	7	18
f	2526	March	29	31	18	19

year, and two for leap-year, the fourth letter being dominical letter for January and February and the fifth for the rest of the year; thus, if G be dominical letter for any given year, we would have then, G, F, E, DC; B, A, G, FE; D, C, B, AG; F, E, D, CB, etc. By counting these letters backwards, or in the tables, from the bottom of the column upwards, they will occur in alphabetical order. Again it may be seen by reference

Dominical Letter.	Year.	Paschal Full Moon.		Easter.	Epact.	Golden Number.
b	2603	April	17	24	0	1
ag	2604	"	6	8	11	2
f	2605	March	26	31	22	3
e	2606	April	14	20	3	4
d	2607	"	3	5	14	5
cb	2608	March	23	27	25	6
a	2609	April	11	16	6	7
g	2610	March	31	1	17	8
f	2611	April	19	21	28	9
ed	2612	"	8	12	9	10
c	2613	March	28	4	20	11
b	2614	April	16	17	1	12
a	2615	"	5	9	12	13
gf	2616	March	25	31	23	14
e	2617	April	13	20	4	15
d	2618	"	2	5	15	16
c	2619	March	22	28	26	17
ba	2620	April	10	16	7	18
g	2621	March	30	1	18	19
b	2907	April	18	24	0	1
ag	2908	"	7	8	11	2
f	2909	March	27	31	22	3
e	2910	April	15	20	3	4
d	2911	"	4	5	14	5
cb	2912	March	24	27	25	6
a	2913	April	12	16	6	7
g	2914	"	1	8	17	8
f	2915	March	21	24	28	9
ed	2916	April	9	12	9	10
c	2917	March	29	4	20	11
b	2918	April	17	24	1	12
a	2919	"	6	9	12	13
gf	2920	March	26	31	23	14
e	2921	April	14	20	4	15
d	2922	"	3	5	15	16
c	2923	March	23	28	26	17
ba	2924	April	11	16	7	18
g	2925	March	31	1	18	19

to these tables, that Easter occurs less frequently on the 22d of March, its earliest possible date, and the 25th of April, which has hitherto been considered its latest possible date, than any of the days intervening. It cannot happen on the 22d, only when the paschal moon falls on the 21st, and that day must be Saturday. It fell on the 22d, first, after the reformation of the calendar by Gregory in 1598; again in 1693, 1761,