In article <mailman.988026042.12373.python-list at python.org>, Moshe Zadka <moshez at zadka.site.co.il> writes >On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Robin Becker <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > >> Easter and Passover are both determined using the Lunar calendar so >> probably they're linked to other religions; certainly in northern Europe >> there are plenty of Lunatics. > >Err....that's wrong. Passover is determined using the Jewish calendar >which is a hybrid of Lunar and Solar calendars. >(The reason is that it has to be in the spring in Israel, so when >it drifts too far by the Lunar calendar, it's delayed a month.) so hybridisation removes the dependency? The northern lunatics have been doing this hybridisation for a while as well which is why Roman Easter doesn't drift to far from the old spring festival. -- Robin Becker
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