Time & Earth Calendar
Gnostic Teachings of Miryai Mt.
In the Living Gods, Let the hallowed Light of Transcendent Truth be praised. Let the Sweet Mystery of Miryai awaken in the heart of hearts.

In ancient times the 5 Great Mountain Civilizations kept time by sun and moon and fortnight. There is some benefit in returning to these methods and de-emphasizing the modern mode of reckoning. Much of this teaching is structured on various phases and divisions of the moon and its two fortnight divisions of the lunar "moonth". Rather than the usual four seasons of the year, the Teaching is structured on a five season yearly pattern. These seasons are further broken down into lunar fortnights and half fortnights, and even further into 3, 5, 7 and 10 days divisions. In ancient times many of these same number of days were grouped together. 

Evidence of a "three-day week" has been derived from the names of the days of the week in Guipuscoan Basque, a five day week was observed in Korea and in the old Asssyrian calendar where it was named "Hamuštum". Evidence of a five day week in the Indus Valley culture also exists. In modern times five day periods appear in the Tibetan and Bon calendars, and are preserved in the 72 microseason calendar of Japan and China. Dividing the lunar month into two fortnight halves is still a common practice in India. 

In this Teaching the lunar fortnight is divided up in various ways, for various purposes. Single day, three day for Degrees of Ascent, 5 days for food and fasting, as well as 7 and 10 day periods. Of course an individual or couple have the freedom to observe any manner of calendar or time they choose, but it is helpful to have a workable well thought out pattern for something as instinctual and oft unconscious as eating. This time system becomes more useful when groups of people need to coordinate their schedules, when an individual finds themselves in need of a system of reckoning that  reminds them to focus on deeper truths, or when  help is needed in observing food rotation, variety of diet, and necessary periods of water fasting. (On future Mars colonies liturgical time might best be observed by cycles of  the two Moons of that planet rather than this Earth moon system. See Mars Lunar Calendar) 

73 DAY SEASON

• Mar 20 (+0-15 days depending on lunar phase) Firestar - Mt Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, and the Indus/Ganges rivers - Bon/Vajrayana/Shavaite
• Jun 1+ - Windstar - Mt of the Moon, the Nile river - Gnostic/Jung
• Aug 13+ - Zephyrstar - Taurus Mts, Tigris-Euphrates rivers  -  Manichaean/Sufi
• Oct 25+ - Earthstar - Kunlun Mt and the Yellow river - Zen/Shinto/Shingon
• Jan 6+ - Waterstar - Mt Hermon, the Jordan River - Mandaean/Qabbalah 


FORTNIGHT

• Tridays (3 day) - there are five of these per fortnight, 25 per 73 day Season. (Tridays allow for the 33 degrees or levels of initiation to be dealt with in a systematic way. This is the division used in all Seasons.)
• Pentads (5 day) - there are 3 of these per Fortnight, 15 per Season. (These are used to rotate food types and cuisine's on the menu: Japanese, Middle Eastern, Szechwan/Indian, Mexican, and Italian, and to designate 5 day fasting periods.)
• Week (7 day) - These 7 day periods are used to divide up the Season into ten parts and into the traditional luner week. (This is the division once used in western expressions of the Gnosis, like the Watery Mandaean and Windy Gnostic.)
• Fortnight (14/15 day) - these are used to divide up the lunar month into two parts and each season into five parts. 

 

The divisions of the day reflect the divisions of the year, being based upon the time it takes to observe the appearance of the sun or moon on the horizon until it rises above it four minutes later. This basic observable time period can be understood without tools or timepieces, and forms the basic time unit for daily scheduling, in practice the day is divided into groups of five of these 4 minute periods. 3 of these 20" periods make up an hour or one fifth of a daily season. 15 of these 20 minute blocks make up one of the five "seasonal" divisions of the day.

Year=day
Season = 5 hr block 
Fortnight = hour
5 day ko = 20”(19.5”)(1/3 hr)
Day = 4” (=.5* orb)

6:30 rise, coffee (20”)
6:50  (20”) practices
7:10  (20”) prep meal/study
7:30  (20”) eat
7:50 clean/ study  (20”)
…..8:10 work (3:08 hrs)
 

11:18 lunch  (20”) 
11:38 - 12:18 
…..12:18 work till ~4 (3-3/4hrs)
 

4:06 shower  (20”)
4:26   (20”) - 
4:46 -5:05 dinner
…..5:05 - 8:54 ~4hrs free
 

8:54 get ready to retire  (20”)
9:16-9:36 (20”) sleep or…
9:36-9:56  (20”) sleep or…
9:56-10:16  (20”) sleep or…
10:16-10:36  (20”) sleep or…
10:36 sleep (8+ hrs)
 

1:42 cont sleep till 6:30 (8.5-9.5 hrs)

 
• Fortnight Tree Pattern
• 7 Fold Year Long Study Program  for Valley Dwellers (Internet users) - Calendar of  suggested study topics. Alternative 7 Stream System to the 5 Mts. (secondary system)
• 7 Streams - 7 Traditions associated with the 7 fold program.(secondary system)
Time Segmentation (Earth)

5 Great Years

• Lustrum: A Lustrum is a quinquennial that contains 5 Years & 25 Seasons. Each series of 5 years is ruled over by one of the 5 Lights. This has some similarities to the Chinese System of Stems and Branches. The series of five years are designated as FireStar, WindStar, ZephyrStar, EarthStar and WaterStar Years. A 5 Year period for 5 year plans and for gradual advancement from Novice to Master in any given field. Systematic growth in the philosophy and worldview.
• 5 Years with 5 Seasons each. (5 x 365 days 6 hours 9 minutes 10 seconds)
• Year 1*: New or Full Moon occurs in the first 3.5 days after the spring equinox (cMarch 20-23.5) - Initiation into the System...firsthand experience in the program.  (Listener: Titles are taken from the Manichaean heirarchy system)
• Year 2: New or Full Moon occurs in the 2nd 3.5 days after the spring equinox  - expanding intellectual understanding of the System. Study and logic. (Elect)
• Year 3:  New or Full Moon occurs in the 3rd 3.5 days after the spring equinox - seeing the value and beauty of the System, excelling in a given field of choice.(360)
• Year 4: New or Full Moon occurs in the fourth 3.5 days after the spring equinox and new cycle begins before this 4th one ends, causing a one fortnight overlap  - Becoming grounded and solid in the Teachings, instructing others, organizing Enclaves. (72)
• Year 5:  New Cycle begins in the flow, avoiding pitfals and deviations that deteriate the Teaching, preserving the Tradition. (12 fold Master)
• 25 Seasons of aprox 73 days each. (The Seasons begin with the first new or full moon after March 20 and run concurently according to the ending of 5 Fortnight moon halves.)


The Year




• 1 Year: A Year contains 5 Seasons & 25 Fortnights and is 368.75 days long, 3.5 days longer than the 365.24 sidereal year of earth. (These 3.5 extra days accumulate over 4 years and result in the last fortnight of the fourth year overlapping the beginning of the fifth year (because the lunar phases do not exactly match up with the solar phase.)
•  5 Seasons with 5 fortnights (1/2 moon phases) each of 73.05 aproximate days.5 Seasons of  advancement up the Tree of Life over a one year time span.   The series of five Seasons  are designated as Bon, Nag, Man, Zen & Naz Seasons.
• Bon Season 1: Spring Season Bonpo esoterics - transforming reality. cMar 20 (first new or full moon on or after this date)  Mt Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, and the Indus/Ganges rivers - Bon/Vajrayana/Jain/Sikh/Shavaite. Shenrab Miwo, Yeshe Tsogyal, et al  Eastern System. Begins with a Seasonal Dedication and Declaration of the motives and goals of the Season. It ends with a Dedication and consolidation of gains and merits achieved during the time period.
• Nag Season 2: Summer Season Gnostic esoterics - gnostic philosophy. cJun 1  (6th new fortnight after Mar 20) -  Mt of the Moon, the Nile river - Gnostic/Jung. Yeshu, Jung, et al   - a western system. Begins with a Seasonal Dedication and Declaration of the motives and goals of the Season. It ends with a Dedication and consolidation of gains and merits achieved during the time period.
• Mani Season 3:  Autumn Season Manichaean esoterics - beauty of liberated Light.cAug 13  (11th new fortnight after Mar 20)  -  Mt Ararat, Tigris-Euphrates rivers  -  Manichaean and Zoroastrian/Sufi. Mani, Rumi, et al  - an eastern system.   (Western Manichaeans also kept  the seven week day calendar of Babylon and were the instruments of its spead into Asia) Begins with a Seasonal Dedication and Declaration of the motives and goals of the Season. It ends with a Dedication and consolidation of gains and merits achieved during the time period.
• Zen Season 4:  Fall Season  Zen esoterics - grounded in the moment. cOct 25   (16th new fortnight after Mar 20)  -  Kunlun Mt and the Yellow river - Zen/Shinto/Shingon/Taoist. Dogen, Lao Tzu, et al  - an eastern system  Begins with a Seasonal Dedication and Declaration of the motives and goals of the Season. It ends with a Dedication and consolidation of gains and merits achieved during the time period.
• Naz Season 5:   Winter Season Nazirutian/Mandaean esoterics - avoiding death and maintaining purity and connection. cJan 6  (21th new fortnight after Mar 20) -  Mt Hermon, the Jordan River - Mandaean/Luriac Qabbalah. Miryai, Zazai, et al  - a western system, derived from the Babylonian/Summerian, once emphasizing two seven day periods to each fortnight, yielding ten seven day periods each season. Begins with a Seasonal Dedication and Declaration of the motives and goals of the Season. It ends with a Dedication and consolidation of gains and merits achieved during the time period.
• 25 Fortnightsor 1/2 moons per 368.75 symbolic year  (the 3.25 extra days of the year overlap the new year) (In China (and later Japan), the solar year was divided into 24 periods called "solar terms")


5 Great Seasons




• Seasons:  A Season  contains 5 Fortnights & 25 Tridays A Seasons consists of 5 lunar fortnights of aprox 14.75 days long (1/2 moon phases). These average 73.05 aproximate days on earth. The fivefold division of the 5 Mt. Year on Earth is characterized by five 73 day periods focused upon on Miryai Mt. (On Mars the seasons are longer) During these Periods various teachers and texts from these various traditions are studied and put into limited practice. 5 Fold Year Long Practice Program  for Mountain Dwellers (Residents)
• 5 Fortnights with 5 Tridays or 3 Pentads each . Fortnights are of 14-15 days each (1/2 moon)  The bright waxing fortnight is always counted as 15 days, the second dark waning is observed as either 14 or 15 days, usually alternating between the two (based on the 14 day 12 hour  44 min and 2.9 second length of this waning phase.) 5 Fortnights measures  advancement in any one Mt. Tradition during any one season.
• Fortnight 1: Forcing oneself into the reality or worldview (Fire), Initial struggles with a new Program.
• Fortnight 2: Expanding understanding of that world (Wood), Familarity with a Paths Teachings and texts.
• Fortnight 3: Experiencing the beauty of that realm (Zephyr), Virtues of a Path.
• Fortnight 4: Solidifying its reality into ones being/bones (Earth), Encorporating the Instructions.
• Fortnight 5: Flowing with its essence whilst avoiding areas of its decay (Water). Abiding in the Essence of a Path.
• 25 Tridays of 3 days each (last one is 2 days if fortnight is only 14 days)
 
5 Fortnights
 
• Fortnight:  A Fortnight contains 3 Five Day Weeks (Pentads) & 25 Triblocks.  Lasting 14/15 Days. The beginning day of each Fortnight is a Feast Day, the last days or days of a Fortnight are Fasting Times.  Fortnights are half of the 29 d 12 h 44 min and 2.9 s true length of the lunar phases celebrated as 15 or 14 whole days,  with remainder carried over to the next lunar month.  All Waxing moons are 15 days, half of waning are 15 and half are 14 days.
• 5 Tridays
• 3 Pentads (5 day) - there are 3 of these per Fortnight, 15 per Season under the Earthly Moon, but 5 of them under the Mars Moon Nerio (Deimos) with its longer Lunar Seasons.  (These Pentads are used to rotate food types and cuisine's on the menu: Japanese, Middle Eastern, Szechwan/Indian, Mexican, and Italian, and to designate 5 day fasting periods.) The use of Pentad "Weeks" on Earth is, in part, a move of solidarity with future Mars colonies that have five Pentad "weeks" per their longer 133 day seasons there.
• "3 & 5 Methods": Body/Actions, Speech/Chants, and Study/Contemplation/Meditation/Zazen. Used to distinguish the three five day pentads each fortnight. (The 1st 5 days are the "body mystery", etc.)
• 25 Triblocks ~14 Hour Periods/15 Days (Observed as 15 Days making up the Fortnight on Earth but as 25 Days making up the Fortnight on Mars)


5 Day Weeks




• Pentad:  A Pentad contains 5 Days & 25 Tides. A  5 Day Week (the last 5 day week is only 4 days on a short fortnight, about 1/2 the time) 3 full five day "pentad"weeks occur ever bright fortnight and dark waning fortnights sometimes have a partial 4 day Pentad week at their end. (Parwanaya  is a 5 Day Festival of the Mandaeans)
• 5 Days with 5 Tides each.
• Hab (Habšaba*): Asian Cuisine/Cypress Incense
• Trin (Trin Habšaba): Middle Eastern Cuisine/Juniper Incense
• Tlata (Tlata Habšaba): Tibetan/Indian Cuisine/Fir Incense
• Arba (Arba Habšaba):  Mexican Cuisine/Pine Incense
• Hamša (Hamša Habšaba):  Italian Cuisine/Cedar Incense
• 25 Tides of aprox 4hrs and 48"
*Mandaic Weekday Names

5 Part Days




• Day: A Day contains 5 Tides & 25 Hours.  An aprox 24 hour period from sunrise to sunrise (an Earth  day actually consisting of  23 hours and 56 minutes, and 43" longer or 24:39;35 on Mars)
• 5 Tideswith 5 Hours each, a Tide is a 4hrs and 48" period divided into two halves and based upon length of day and night in any given season. 5 parts of one day,  73.75 Blocks of  five hours making up one Fortnight, (even as 73.75 days makes up one Season.) Each Block has a Ziwa (Yang) and Nhura(Yin) half of aprox 2 hours and 24 minutes each. Each 24 hour day is divided into 5 parts of roughly 5 hours each (actually 1/5 of the day is 287.2 minutes or 4 hours and 47.2").
• Morning (c6:00am-8:24am) Tziphra: First half of a 4:48 hour period beginning at  dawn. Personal "career" work.
• MidMorning  (c8:24am-10:48am) Tlata:
• Afternoon (c10:48am-1:12pm) Shitaya: First half of a 4:48 hour period  beginning mid day, or 4:48" after dawn. physical chores period.
• MidAfternoon (c1:12pm-3:36pm) Tesha:
• Evening (c3:36pm-6:00pm) Ramsha: Relaxation, socialization period.  First half of a 4:48 hour period.
• MidEvening (c6:00pm-8:24pm) Shlama:
• Night (c8:24pm-10:48pm) Sitara: Blue light free period and sleep. First half of a 4:48 hour period.
• Midnight (c10:48pm-1:12am) Lilya:
• Predawn (c1:12am-3:36am) Anpia:  Deep sleep period. Dream work. First half of a 4:48 hour period.
• Midpredawn (c3:36am-6:00am) Qadumia:
• 25 Hours:  25 Hours (consisting of  57.6 minutes each) making up 5 Tides of Time.
• 25 "Stound",  aprox 11.52 minute time periods (1/5 of any seasonal hour which itself is 1/5 of a Tide.)
5 Part Tides




• Tide: A Tide contains 5 Hours & 25 Stounds.  They begin at sunrise and last 4hrs and 48",  a period divided into two halves and based upon a sunrise beginning time regardless of day length or season. (Zoroastrian practice assigns 5 watches to each day that begins at sunrise. These are called  Hawan (sunrise),  Rapithwin, Uzerin, Aiwisruthrem, & Ushahin)
• 5 Hour with 5 Stounds each lasting  57.6" and which does not vary in length according to daylight and dark periods.
• Hour 1: 1st 1/5 of a 5 hour block devoted to work, school, or ....
• Hour 2: 1/5 of a 5 hour block devoted to work, school, or ....
• Hour 3: 1/5 of a 5 hour block devoted to work, school, or ....
• Hour 4: 1/5 of a 5 hour block devoted to work, school, or .....
• Hour 5: 1/5 of a 5 hour block devoted to work, school, or .
• 25 Stounds:  1/5 of an hour. A 11.52 minute time period. (1/5 of any hour which itself is 1/5 of a Tide.)
*Fullmoon on 21 March, 2019 2;43am (Libra)
New Moon on March 24, 2020 2:28am (Aries)
Full Moon on Mar 28, 2021 at 8:48pm (Libra)
NewMoon on March 31, 2022 11:24pm (Aries)
Newmoon March 21, 2023 at 10:23am (Pisces) (Previous year ends at full moon on April 5, 2023 6:34am, Libra)
Daily Schedule

Year=day
Season = 5 hr block
Fortnight = hour
5 day ko = 20”(19.5”)(1/3 hr)
Day = 4” (=.5* orb)
 
 




Time Segmentation (Mars)




Mars Lunar Calendar: Lunar Calendar for Mars based on its Nerio (Deimos) moon.