Month of the year | Labelled on astrolabe |
---|---|
1. January : | IANVARIV9 |
2. February : | FEBROARI9 |
3. March : | MARCIVS |
4. April : | APRILIS |
5. May : | MADIVS |
6. June : | IVNIVS |
7. July : | IVLIVS |
8. August: | AVGVST9 |
9. September : | SEPTEMB’ |
10. October : | OCTOBER |
11. November : | NOVEMBER |
12. December : | DECEMB’ |
The calendar is of the Western type. numbered every 5 days
and the end of the month NB, February is numbered every 4th
day .The vernal equinox falls on the 13th day of March. [N.B:
Date is decimal as date of vernal equinox on some astrolabes
can be measured to within 0.25 of a day]
The calendar is labelled: