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2024’s Bonus Day: Why Leap Year isn’t a routine four-year phenomenon

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January 5, 2024
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2024’s Bonus Day: Why Leap Year isn’t a routine four-year phenomenon

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As the world enthusiastically welcomed the dawn of 2024, conversations about the enigmatic Leap Year phenomenon took centre stage.

Merely five days into the New Year, the air is charged with anticipation and curiosity, contemplating the unfolding possibilities of this bonus day.

The concept of a leap year, occurring every four years, is a familiar notion. The last leap year graced us in 2020, and the next one is slated for 2028.

However, what many might not be aware of is the exception to this four-year cycle, making certain years a fascinating anomaly.

The standard leap year rule operates on the assumption that adding an extra day every four years compensates for the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

However, a slight discrepancy arises due to the six hours used for calculation differing from the actual 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds it takes for the Earth to complete its orbit.

In a bold move in the 16th century, Pope Gregory XIII decided to rectify the accrued ten extra days in the calendar.

On October 4, he ordered the cancellation of ten days, and miraculously, October 15 followed the very next day.

This drastic adjustment, though dramatic, did not entirely resolve the accuracy issue.

Scholars then devised another strategy, determining that once a century, a leap year would be omitted to account for the extra day.

Specifically, years ending with ’00’ were chosen for this exception. However, this well-intentioned plan threw the calendar calculations into disarray.

A subsequent refinement was introduced – years ending with ’00’ would be leap years only if they were divisible by 400.

Consequently, 1900 and 2100 would not count as leap years, but the year 2000 would.

Despite these efforts, the leap year system is not flawless, and the quest for accuracy led Pope Gregory XIII to make the drastic calendar adjustment in 1582.

Dropping 10 days from the calendar, he propelled October 4 directly into October 15, marking a significant moment in the evolution of our temporal calculations.

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