Bible Time

Christmas

The Christmas holiday lands at an essentially random date on the Bible Calendar. There are a few places in history where the date really has been on Jesus' birthday. This article provides a date report showing the dates in question.

Background

Because the Bible Calendar is out of phase with the Roman/Christian calendar it is possible for certain occurances of Christmas to land at exactly the correct place to be an actual birthday. The following report explores. The last time this happened on the OS calendar was January 5, 1783. This would have been the Russian Christmas that year. The next time it happens is January 11, 2543.

Christmas Dates on OS Style Calendar
Day	Bible Date	Modern Date	Roman Date	Number
Sun	11091/8/29 AA	24 Dec 102 NS	25 Dec 855 AUC	AA:4045829
	1591/8/29 FE	25 Dec 102 OS	25 Dec 102 AD	JD:1758672
Mon	11131/8/29 AA	24 Dec 142 NS	25 Dec 895 AUC	AA:4060439
	1631/8/29 FE	25 Dec 142 OS	25 Dec 142 AD	JD:1773282
Sat	11892/8/29 AA	30 Dec 902 NS	25 Dec 1655 AUC	AA:4338029
	2392/8/29 FE	25 Dec 902 OS	25 Dec 902 AD	JD:2050872
Sun	11932/8/29 AA	30 Dec 942 NS	25 Dec 1695 AUC	AA:4352639
	2432/8/29 FE	25 Dec 942 OS	25 Dec 942 AD	JD:2065482
Mon	11972/8/29 AA	30 Dec 982 NS	25 Dec 1735 AUC	AA:4367249
	2472/8/29 FE	25 Dec 982 OS	25 Dec 982 AD	JD:2080092
Sat	12733/8/29 AA	5 Jan 1743 NS	25 Dec 2495 AUC	AA:4644839
	3233/8/29 FE	25 Dec 1742 OS	25 Dec 1742 AD	JD:2357682
Sun	12773/8/29 AA	5 Jan 1783 NS	25 Dec 2535 AUC	AA:4659449
	3273/8/29 FE	25 Dec 1782 OS	25 Dec 1782 AD	JD:2372292
Fri	13534/8/29 AA	11 Jan 2543 NS	25 Dec 3295 AUC	AA:4937039
	4034/8/29 FE	25 Dec 2542 OS	25 Dec 2542 AD	JD:2649882
Sat	13574/8/29 AA	11 Jan 2583 NS	25 Dec 3335 AUC	AA:4951649
	4074/8/29 FE	25 Dec 2582 OS	25 Dec 2582 AD	JD:2664492

The other type of Christmas dates follows a study of the NS calendar. The following provides the dates when this happened. Christmas in 1784 is the last time that Christmas fell on the Biblical anniversary of Jesus' birthday in the English world. It doesn't happen again until December 25, 2591.

Christmas Dates on NS Style Calendar
Day	Bible Date	Modern Date	Roman Date	Number
Tue	11125/8/29 AA	25 Dec 136 NS	26 Dec 889 AUC	AA:4058249
	1625/8/29 FE	26 Dec 136 OS	26 Dec 136 AD	JD:1771092
Wed	11165/8/29 AA	25 Dec 176 NS	26 Dec 929 AUC	AA:4072859
	1665/8/29 FE	26 Dec 176 OS	26 Dec 176 AD	JD:1785702
Wed	11933/8/29 AA	25 Dec 943 NS	20 Dec 1696 AUC	AA:4352999
	2433/8/29 FE	20 Dec 943 OS	20 Dec 943 AD	JD:2065842
Thu	11950/8/29 AA	25 Dec 960 NS	20 Dec 1713 AUC	AA:4359209
	2450/8/29 FE	20 Dec 960 OS	20 Dec 960 AD	JD:2072052
Thu	11973/8/29 AA	25 Dec 983 NS	20 Dec 1736 AUC	AA:4367609
	2473/8/29 FE	20 Dec 983 OS	20 Dec 983 AD	JD:2080452
Fri	12735/8/29 AA	25 Dec 1744 NS	14 Dec 2497 AUC	AA:4645559
	3235/8/29 FE	14 Dec 1744 OS	14 Dec 1744 AD	JD:2358402
Sat	12775/8/29 AA	25 Dec 1784 NS	14 Dec 2537 AUC	AA:4660169
	3275/8/29 FE	14 Dec 1784 OS	14 Dec 1784 AD	JD:2373012
Sun	13583/8/29 AA	25 Dec 2591 NS	8 Dec 3344 AUC	AA:4954919
	4083/8/29 FE	8 Dec 2591 OS	8 Dec 2591 AD	JD:2667762
Sun	13606/8/29 AA	25 Dec 2614 NS	7 Dec 3367 AUC	AA:4963319
	4106/8/29 FE	7 Dec 2614 OS	7 Dec 2614 AD	JD:2676162

These reports are a wonderful demonstration of the quirks of parallel calendars. If you understand these reports and what drives their structure you probably have the calendar issues understood.