FOR THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS; TOGETHER WITH THE DAYS OF FASTING AND ABSTINENCE, THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR. E RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN. NASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the First Sunday after March; and if the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Adrent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after. Septuagesima Nine Eight Sunday is Seven Weeks before Easter. Six Five Weeks is after Easter, Seven Weeks Eight Weeks A TABLE OF FEASTS, St. James the Apostle. St. Matthew the Apostle. St. Michael and all Angels. The Conversion of St. Paul. St. Luke the Evangelist. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles, St. Matthias the Apostle. All Saints. The Annunciation of the Blessed Vir- St. Andrew the Apostle. gin. St. Thomas the Apostle. St. Mark the Evangelist. The Nativity of our Lord JESUS St. Philip and St. James the Apostles. CHRIST. The Ascension of our Lord JESUS St. Stephen the Martyr. CHRIST. St. John the Evangelist. St. Barnabas the Apostle, The Holy Innocents. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. St. Peter the Apostle. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-Week. A TABLE OF FASTS. 1 Good-Friday. ACTS AND EXERCISES OF DEVOTION. The Feast of Pentecost. fore Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas Day. In addition to the above, the first Thur:day in November (or, if any other day he appointed by the Civil Authority, then such day) shall be observed as a Day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all other Blessings of his merciful Providence. A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, Golden Days of the Sunday Numbers. Month. Letters. XIV. March 21 22 23 XI. .. 24 25 XIX. VIII. 27 28 XVI. 29 V. .. 30 31 XIII. April II. 3 X XVIII. VII. THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is ne cessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the year in the first column of the Table, against which stands the day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the third column for the Sunday Letter, next after the day of the Full Moon; and the day of the month standing against that Sunday Letter is EasterDay. If the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, then (according to the first rule) the next Sunday after is EasterDay. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 to the year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remain, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the year 1899, 0 inclusive, add to the year of our Lord its 1 2 fourth part, omitting fractions, divide the sum 3 by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is 4 the Sunday Letter; but if any number re 5 main, then the Letter standing against that B number in the small annexed Table is the Sunday Letter, :::::::::::::::::::: xy. IV. XII. I. ix. XVII. VI. 10 11 .. 12 13 .. 14 15 .. 16 .. 17 .. 18 .. 19 .. 20 21 22 23 24 25 Nole, That in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter from the intercalated day exclusive, to the end of the year. ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER, TILL THE YEAR 1899, INCLUSIVE, Golden SUNDAY LETTERS. To make use of the find the Sunday LetI. April 16 ...17.... 18.. 19 20 .... 14 .... 15 ter for the Year in the II. April 9.... 3.... 6 7.... 8 uppermost line, and III. Mar. 26 .. 27 ... 28 29 23 the Golden Number, 24 25 IV. April 16 .... 17 .... 12 13 14 .... 15 lumn of Golden Num or Prime, in the coV. April 2 3.... 4.. 5 6 Mar. 31 April 1 bers, and against the VI. April 23 24 25 19 20 21 .... 22 Prime, in the same VII. April 9 10! 14 8 line, under the SunVIII. April 2 3 Mar. 28 30 31 April 1 day Letter, you have IX. April 16 17 .... 18 19 20 21 22 the day of the month X. April 9 10 ... 11 6 8 on which Easter fallXI. Mar. 26 27 29 30 eth that year. But, 31 XII. April 16 25 Note, That the name 17 19 13 14 15 of the Month is set XIII. April 2..... 3 6 7 .... 8 on the left hand, or XIV. Mar. 26 .... 27 22 23 24 25 just with the figure, xv. April 16 10 12 13 14 15 and followeth not as XVI. April 2 :::::::::: B481481%B1%B4%A4B1% ::::::::::::::::::: .... 11 3 collaXVII. April 23 24 18 20 21 22 descent, but XVIII. April 9.... 10 11 12 13 7 XIX. April 2 Mar.27 28 29 30 31 April 1 8 terally. A TABLE OF THE DAYS ON WHICH EASTER WILL FALL FOR THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS, BEING THE TIME OF TWO CYCLES OF THE MOON. A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS, FALL UPON. :::: Easter Sundays Septua- First Afcen- Whit Sundays gesima sion Day of Advent after Sunday. Mar. 22 1 Jan. 18 Feb. 4 Apr. 30 May 10 27 Nov. 29 23 1 19 May 1 11 27 20 2 12 27 Dec. 3 13 27 22 41... 14 27 23 15 26 Nov. 27 6 16 26 17 26 18 26 9... 19 26 Dec. Apr. 1 28 14 10 20 26 23 25 14 24 25 21 17 27 25 22 18 28 25 10 23 19 29 24 Nov. 11 24 20.... 30 24 12 8 25 21 31 24 26 22 June 1 24 24 Dec. 1 3 24 12 Mar. 1 25 26 5 23 Nov. 27 27 28 28 29 16 8 17 9 23 Dec. 1 31 10 23 19 8 June 1 11 23 24 20 22 Nov, 27 25 6 21 3.... 13 22 ::: ::::::::::::: Note, That in a Bissextile or Leap-Year, the number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter-Day had fallen one day later than it really does. And, for the same reason, one day must, in every Leap-Year. be added to the day of the month given by the Table, for Septuagesima Sunday, and for the first day of Lent: unless the Table gives rome day in the month of March for it: for in that case, the day given by the Table is the right day. .... 30 :::::::::: ::::::: OOO O OTOT er er en orot FROM THE YEAR 1900 TO THE YEAR 2199, INCLUSIVE. Letter. THE Golden Days Sunday THE Golden Numbers in the fore- going Calendar will point ont the days of the Paschal Full Moons, April 9 A XV. till the year of our Lord 1900; at 10 B which time, in order that the EccleIV. 11 0 siastical Full Moons may fall nearly 12 D XII. 13 E on the same days with the real Full I. 14 F Moons, the Golden Numbers must 15 G be removed to different days of the IX. 16 А Calendar, as is done in the annexed XVII. 17 B Table, which contains so much of VI. 18 0 the Calendar then to be used, as 19 D is necessary for finding the Pas20 chal Full Moons, and the Feast of 21 F Easter, from the year 1900, to the 22 G year 2199, inclusive. This Table is 23 A to be made nse of, in all respects, as B the first Table, before inserted, for finding Easter till the year 1899. E G X. 000 e XVIII. VII. GENERAL TABLES FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER, AND THE PLACES OF THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IN THE CALENDAR To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for any given year of our Lord, add to the year its fourth part, omitting fractions, and also the number, which, in Table I., standeth at the top of the column wherein the number of hundreds contained in that given year is found; divide the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any number remain, then the Letter which standeth under that number at the top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. B 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 month to which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar in Years of Years of Years of any given year of our Lord, consisting our Lord. our Lord. our Lord. of entire hundred years, and in all the intermediate years betwixt that and the B 1600 ol B 4000 10B 6400 20 1700 next hundredth year following, look in 1 4100 11 6500 21 the second column of Table II. for the 1800 1 4200 12 6600 22 1900 2 4300 12 6700 23 given year, consisting of entire hun2000 2 B 4400 12 B 6800 22 dreds; and note the number or cipher 2100 2 4500 13 6900 23 which stands against it in the third 2200 3 4600 13 7000 24 column; then in Table III, look for the 2300 4 4700 14 7100 24 same number in the column under any B 2400 3B 4800 14 B 7200 24 given Golden Number, which, when you 2500 4 4900 14 7300 25 have found, guide your eye sideways to 2600 5000 25 the left hand, and in the first column 2700 5 5100 16 7500 26 B 2800 you will find the month and the day to B 5200 15 760 26 2900 which that Golden Number ought to be 6 5300 16 7700 26 3000 6 5400 17 7800 prefixed in the Calendar, during that 27 3100 7 5500 17 7900 28 period of one hundred years. B 3200 B 5600 17 B 8000 27 The letter B, prefixed to certain hun3300 5700 18 8100 28 dredth years in Table II., denotes those 3400 5800 18 8200 29 years which are still to be accounted 3500 9 5900 19 8300 29 Bissextile or Leap Years in the new CaB 3600 B 6000 19B 8400 29 lendar; whereas all the other hundredth 3700 9 6100 19 8500 0 years are to be accounted only common 3800 10 6200 20 years. 3900 10 6300 21 7400 B &c. TABLE III. THE GOLDEN NUMBERS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2,13 24 5 16 27 .... 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 819 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 201 1 12 23 4 15 26 18 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 213 24 5 16 27 8 19 ::::: ::::: 25 26 27 28 29 30 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 1 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 27 819 0 11 22 3 14 25 617 28 9 20 1 12 23 415 8 10 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 819 0.11 22 3 14 25 6 17 0 11 22 3 14 25 6117 28 9 20 1 12 23 15 26 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 516 27 8 19 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 617 28 920 F G 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 718 29 10 21 2 13 24 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 B 718 29 10 211 213 24 5 16 27| 8 19 0 11 22 3 1425 |
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