[HPforGrownups] Re: Sept 1

[Lynx412 at AOL.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 127651

In a message dated 4/16/2005 12:53:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
steve at hp-lexicon.org writes:

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, nicole angeles 
> <periwinklebluebear at y...> wrote:
> >
> >I have a question... why does September 1 always fall on a 
> >Sunday??
> 
> 
> It doesn't. It's just that September 2 always falls on a Monday at 
> Hogwarts, regardless of what day September 1 falls on. I know that 
> sounds like I'm saying the same thing, but I'm not. In the Harry 
> Potter universe, classes always start on a Monday. That's in the 
> books. However, the books don't say that September 1 is always a 
> Sunday. Think of it this way: they leave the Muggle world and enter 
> a magical one when they take the train, and when they get there, the 
> next day is arbitrarily a Monday. So when they leave, it might be 
> Thursday in the Muggle world. They arrive, they have a feast, they 
> go to bed...and it's Monday morning, September 2, and classes start. 
> 
> By way of example: In Goblet of Fire, they left Kings Cross on a 
> Monday. The next day, September 2, was a Monday. 
> 
> Hey, it's magic.

       That's one possible answer, Steve. Personally, I suspect that the WW 
uses a different calendar. think of all the calendar changes we've gone 
throught in the Muggle World. I can see the WW, with it's traditionalist ways, not 
adopting any calendar reforms initiated by Muggles. I would suspect that, given 
their interest in astronomical data for spells, their calendar may already 
have been reasonably accurate anyway. If their calendar begins on a day they call 
Sunday September 1, there is no reason that that day has to match up exactly 
with the MW's September 1.

       Also, perhaps the WW has a reason for September 2 to always fall on a 
Monday. Suppose the day they chose to break from the MW was Sunday September 
1, whenever. That day, including the day of the week, might well be the WW's 
New Year's Day. It might even be calculated much like Easter, to always fall on 
a specific Sunday.

       The Other Cheryl


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