Symbolic picture
Do you know how many days are there in the month of October? You will say that there are 31 days in October. But what if we tell you that not every October has 31 days. Open your phone or go to the calendar and check the year 1582. Count the given days in the month of October in this year and tell how many days are there. Let us make your work easy. Actually, in 1582, there were 10 days less in the calendar. October 1582 has only 21 days instead of 31. 10 days from 5 October to 14 October are missing.
What is so special about the calendar of 1582?
If you open the calendar of October 1582 and see, then after October 4, the date of October 15 comes directly. That is, 10 days from October 5 to October 14 are missing. This picture of the calendar is being shared a lot on social media. A user expressed surprise while sharing its picture. At the same time, a female user wrote about this picture that can anyone give information about October 1582. The time is not real. Actually, before 1582, the Julian calendar was used in all the countries of Europe. It was released by the ruler of Rome Julius Caesar around 40 BC. It was 11 minutes 14 seconds longer than the normal solar year. Due to this, one day was added every year in the Julian calendar in 314 years. Christians had to face difficulties due to this and there was a problem in determining the date of Easter. The difference of 10 days in October 1582 was reduced in October.
How the days have gotten shorter
Actually in 1562-63 the council of Catholic Church asked the Pope to issue a new revised calendar and fix the difference between them. Actually, due to reduction of 10 days, a difference was seen between the date of Easter and the actual Easter. On 20 February 1582, Pope Gregory 13th implemented the new calendar. In this, the 10 extra days of Julian calendar were also reduced. The calendar which is currently being used all over the world is called Gregorian calendar. Let us tell you that due to Christian festival, 10 days were reduced in October 1582. The church had reduced 10 days from the calendar, in which no Christian festival fell. On 4 October 1582, Francis of Assisi festival was there. Due to this reason, the days from 5 to 14 October were removed from the calendar.
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