It is the fifth of the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese solar calendar, marking the start of the warm weather of spring and the beginning of farm work.
Caesar had spent a lot of time in Egypt, where 365-day calendars were all the rage, so in 46 BC, he flushed Rome’s lunar calendar down the aqueduct and installed a solar calendar.
Caesar had spent a lot of time in Egypt, where 365-day calendars were all the rage, so in 46 BC, he flushed Rome's lunar calendar down the aqueduct and installed a solar calendar.
Their calendar only had 10 months, or 304 days, and so it was constantly falling out of sync with the solar calendar, which, as you will know, has 365 days.