29 th feb. leapyear

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On 22 Jan 2002, Gauranga Premananda wrote:

 

> On the western calendar there is the leapyear once every 4 year's there is a

> 29 th february.There is also 30th february.

 

Since a solar year is aprox. 365.24 years, there's an extra day every 4 years

(but not every 100 years, except every 400 years).

 

> There is also this adjustement in

> the Vedic calendar?

 

"Vedic" calendar is based on moon cycles which are about 29 days long. Since

12 of these are less than a full year, there is a provision to add an extra

month every so often.

 

-- Murari Dasa