Personally, I would go for naming them after the twelve largest moons in the solar system, since they were originally (and still are in many cultures) based on the lunar cycles, giving the months Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, etc.

What would you rename the months?

edit: Simply using the numbers is already a thing (see, for example, 2026-01-01. January is represented as month 1), and reordering the existing month names would be a real headache, as it would be difficult to tell whether you are reading a date using the old or new naming scheme.

I'd just use the names my native language uses tbh :3. They're named after natural phenomena related to what happens those months

That would really mess with the opposite hemisphere

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

They get the months reversed, fixed :3

Month 1, 2, etc. Same with the week days.

It kind of annoys me that the months named for their position don't line up to that position anymore.

September - (7) 9th

October - (8) 10th

November - (9) 11th

December - (10) 12th

But if we have the option to make big changes I'd be interested in going for 13 months.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar

The Japanese got it right: Just number them. First month, second month etc.

Your idea is great. But I would switch it to five months of 73 days each and name them Microbes, Plants, Fungi, Animals, and Robots.

I'll second the IFC. My only addition would be that the Year Day and the Leap Day are mandatory holidays: fucking everything except critical utility infrastructure shift/on-call work (police, fire, power/water/sewage, etc) is closed. Employers must not require an employee to work consecutive Year or Leap Days.

They would turn into 13 months and each one would have 28 days. September to December would be placed 7th to 10th, then July and August at the end, followed by Hermes as the 13th.

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I do not like this. No sir.

Weird that they sold one off in the middle of the year to advertise a media streaming device/app though.

I'd be glad that I was chosen. I'd leave them the way they are, there's enough shit going on right now, we don't need to ask for trouble.

I'd leave 'em alone because I find it hilarious how months and days are mostly named after out of vogue polytheist gods and long dead roman leaders with a few celestial bodies thrown in for good measure.

A christian wishing me a good Thors Day during Eosturmonath is fun.

I would just redo the entire thing based on the same idea of 13 28 day months with extra days as holidays in the theme of the International Fixed Calendar but rename all of the months and have the year start on one of the equinox instead of a week after a solstice like the Gregorian calendar.

No, I don't have suggestions for the names of the months, but naming them based on the solar cycle would be fun. Not sure how to make that work consistently for the northern and southern hemispheres, but if it was based on something like 'northern solstice/southern solstice and first equinox, second equinox for the months with those date and maybe waxing and waning could work.

I would second the motion to a 13 month calendar of all 28-day months (despite the fact you KNOW my birthday is going to end up on a forever Monday). The days of the week are named after scientists of seven different disciplines, the months after artists. There is a theme with the artists, so that 1/4 is musicians, 1/4 visual artists, 1/4 writers, 1/4 builders.

Whenever I see a street or city named after a politician or military officer, I always wish there were more things named after people that are actually useful for the world.

For reference, I was born on the 12th day of the month of Lady Gaga, of course an Einsteinday.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph, Bob, Doofenmeister, and 'your name here'.

Each month would be named after one of Elon Musk's children, but the names would be randomized every year (any future children are added to the rotation). Eventually this becomes impossible to keep up with and we just end up using numbers anyway, which is fine with me.

Another, Year, Passes, Us, By, And, We, All, Die, In, The, End.

Easy mnemonic to teach the month names to your kids!

I mean, they also named the one before it after one of their favorite board games, so I think anything's fair game.

Same in Chinese

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B

Undnary
Decruary
Nonsh
Oct
Senn
Quint
Quartust
Tertiember
Secomber
Primcember

Would be tough for the tropics too. Half the months are called 'dry' and the other half 'rain'

Oneuary, twouary, threeuary, fouruary, fiveuary, sixuary, sevenuary, eightuary, nineuary, tenuary, elevenuary, twelveuary

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 10, 12

Oneember, Twoember, Threeember, Fourember, Fiveember, Sixember, Sevenember, Eightember, November (just to fuck with people), Tenember, Elevenember, Twelveember

April, August, December, Februrary, March, May, January, July, June, November, October, September

(i.e. the existing names but alphabetised)

(EDIT: J traditionally comes before M. Am idiot.)

Month, monthh, monthhh, monthhhh, monthhhhh, monthhhhhh, monthhhhhhh, monthhhhhhhh, monthhhhhhhhh, monthhhhhhhhh, monthhhhhhhhhhh, monthhhhhhhhhh

i guess your alphabet is a little different to mine. But i can dig it.

If we're doing this, can we go back to 13 months?

1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13

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Lousy Smarch weather.

Here, is this better?

Monember

Dicember

Triember

Tetrember

Pentamber

Hexamber

September

October

November

December

Undecember

Dodecember

All the ppl suggesting numbers need to realize the months already have that nickname. U can literally just write the number on a check or triplicate government form and it will be understood

I was thinking about tossing in one "Greg" just to keep things interesting

Also not a bad idea at all :)

Love it. Send me a calendar with firefighter pugs.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 10, 12, 13

Now tell me about their 72 seasons.

This is the right answer. 13 months of 4 weeks and an extra day on the last month.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

May, June, June, June, July, July, July, July, August, August, August, September

I don’t much care for winter.

Morning Star, Sun's Dawn, First Seed, Rain's Hand, Second Seed, Midyear, Sun's Height, Last Seed, Hearthfire, Frostfall, Sun's Dusk, Evening Star

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