2016 is a leap year.This is not so rare, because every 4 years in February there is a 29 day. A lot of superstitions are connected with this year, but is it really dangerous? Let's try to figure this out, whether leap years are different. The list of the 21st century with respect to leap years follows the same principle as before.
We all know that in the year 365 days, but sometimesthere are 366. What does it depend on? First of all, it should be noted that we live according to the Gregorian calendar, in it the usual years are those that contain 365 days, and leap years - which are one day longer, respectively 366 days. This is because periodically in February, not 28, but 29 days. This happens once in four years, and this very year is usually called a leap year.
Those years, whose numbers are without a trace, can bedivided by the number 4, is ranked among those that are called leap years. The list can be found in this article. Let's assume that the current year, 2016, if we divide it by 4, we get as a result of dividing the number without a remainder. Accordingly, this is a leap year. In the usual year - 52 weeks and 1 day. Each subsequent year is shifted by one day relative to the days of the week. After a leap year, the bias occurs immediately for 2 days.
The astronomical year is considered from the first day of the vernal equinox to the beginning of the next. This period, just, and does not have exactly 365 days, which are listed in the calendar, but somewhat more.
The exception is zero years of centuries, that is, those at the end of which are two zeros. But if such a number of the year can be divided without a remainder of 400, then it is also classed as a leap year.
If we take into account that the excess in the year is not exactly sixhours, the missing minutes also affect the calculation of time. It was calculated that for this reason, for 128 years, one more day will run in this way. In this regard, it was decided that not every fourth year is considered a leap year, and to exclude from this rule those years that are multiples of 100, except those that are divided by 400.
To be more precise, according to the Egyptian solarthe calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar, in the year is not exactly 365 days, but 365.25, that is, plus another quarter of a day. The extra quarter of the day in this case is 5 hours 48 minutes and 45 seconds, which rounded to 6 hours, making up a fourth of the day. But adding such a small unit of time every time to a year is not advisable.
For four years a quarter of a day turns into afull-time days, which are added to the year. Thus, February, which has fewer days than usual months, adds an extra day - and only in a leap year is February 29th.
It was decided to adjust the calendar year inaccordance with the astronomical - it was done so that the seasons always come on the same day. Otherwise, the borders would shift with time.
Leap years: a list of years past and 21st century. Example:
It was decided to adjust the calendar year inaccordance with the astronomical - it was done so that the seasons always come on the same day. Otherwise, the borders would shift with time.
From the Julian calendar, we switched toGregorian, which differs from the previous one in that a leap year occurs every four years, and in the Julian year, every three years. The Russian Orthodox Church still lives according to the old style. He lags behind for 13 days from the Gregorian calendar. Hence the celebration of dates for the old and new style. Thus, Christmas is celebrated for Catholics according to the old style - on December 25, and in Russia according to the Gregorian calendar - on January 7.
The word "leap" comes from the Latin word "bis sextus", which translates as "second sixth".
Most people associate a leap year withSomething bad. All these superstitions went back to ancient Rome. In the modern world, the days are counted from the beginning of the month, in antiquity it was different. They considered the days that remained until the beginning of the next month. Suppose, if we say, on February 24, then the ancient Romans in this case used the expression "the sixth day before the beginning of March".
When the leap year came, between numbersFebruary 24 and 25 there was an extra day. That is, in the usual year until March 1, there remained 5 days, and in the leap year it was already 6, so the expression "second sixth" was used.
With the approach of March the fasting endedlasted five days, if you start from February 24, but with the addition of an extra day the post has already lasted, respectively, for 1 day longer. Therefore, they considered this year to be bad - hence the superstition of the failure of leap years.
In addition, superstition has gone from the fact that only ina leap year is celebrated Kasyanov Day, which falls on February 29. This holiday is considered mystical. In this regard, for a long time people have been trying in such years not to do big things, not to marry, not to have children, and so on. Despite the simplicity of the algorithm for determining the leap year, some may ask: "What years are leap years?".
1804, 1808, 1812, 1816, 1820, 1824, 1828, 1832, 1836, 1840, 1844, 1848, 1852, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896.
Leap years of the 20th century: their list is as follows:
1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
Which years are leap years?The list of the years of the current century will be built in the same way as the previous ones. Let's get acquainted with it. Leap years (list) of the 21st century will be calculated in the same way. That is, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and so on.
In this year, it is believed, one can not change the usual situation. By this we can understand the move to a new place of residence, the search for a new job.
It was believed that marriages concluded this year, can not bring happiness, and to conduct weddings was not recommended.
You can not do anything, start new business. This includes the opening of a business, the construction of a house.
Let's answer the question about which years are leap years? List of 19, 20 and 21 centuries:
It is better to postpone long trips and travel.
You can not celebrate the first tooth of a child.
Since ancient times, such years have been considered dangerous,a lot of deaths, diseases, wars and crop failures. People, especially superstitious, fear the offensive of this year, already prepared for the worst in advance. But are they really dangerous?
The Church does not see anything wrong in these years,explaining such a phenomenon as a leap year, just the changes in the calendar that were once introduced. Based on statistics, such years do not differ from ordinary ones. Even if you take the issue of marriage in a leap year that predicts a short life in marriage, then the number of divorces of "leap-frogs" is nothing more than among those couples who married in normal years.
