YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe use of lunar calendar might be the reason why days start at midnight.message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down14
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareThe use of lunar calendar might be the reason why days start at midnight.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoQuite apart from all these people telling you that the day used to start at sunset, I am curious as to how you came to the thought in the first place, since the moon and it’s phases do not align to hours at all.
minus-squareYICHM@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI assumed that lunar months are delimited by full moons, but I was wrong.
Quite apart from all these people telling you that the day used to start at sunset, I am curious as to how you came to the thought in the first place, since the moon and it’s phases do not align to hours at all.
I assumed that lunar months are delimited by full moons, but I was wrong.