- C.Eng. Zoltán Skoda was born in Hungary, and has been living in Austria for over 30 years. He graduated from the universities of Moscow and Budapest. He began his research on Hungarian history twenty years ago and then broadened his focus to include European history. Using the lastest astronomical research, he discovered a time slip in history. He has established a revised chronology, which is based on total eclipses of the sun.edit
Since 2002 it has been my firm belief of mine a very significant – almost a 200 year – slip can be detected between the historical and mathematical/astronomical chronology in Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean region and... more
Since 2002 it has been my firm belief of mine a very significant – almost a 200 year – slip can be detected between the historical and
mathematical/astronomical chronology in Antiquity and the Middle
Ages in the Mediterranean region and the Near East.
Mathematical chronology is based on the movement of the celestial
bodies, while historical chronology systematizes the remaining
sources on grounds of the data given by different calendar systems.
According to the chronology to which I gave the name Hungarian Calendar, Julius Caesar introduced his famous reform calendar named
after him the Julian calendar, in the astronomically count-down year
of 152 CE.
Since then, without any intermission, we measure time in years (365.25
days).
This however shortens the today valid time-axis by 196 years.
The Hungarian Calendar has determined the date of CE 152 as the
starting date of the Julian calendar, by simple astronomical calculations. These calculations essentially count back year by year from the
current year’s vernal equinox (the day in Spring with equal day and
night) and the result of the “new chronology” are then validated by critical analysis of the historical solar eclipses.
I must point out to doubters of this method of counting back in the
time that modern astronomical research could not operate without it.
A signally important conclusion of the Hungarian Calendar is that the
dates of the vernal equinox (spring point) in the starting year of the
Julian calendar (152 CE) and at time of the “Augustan correction (208
CE) were both on March 21. The Hungarian Calendar answers the main
question: why was it that Pope Gregory, in 1582, amended the calendar
(very correctly, by the way) only by 10 days?
The Hungarian Calendar also hypothesizes that Jesus Christ was born
in 194 CE.
After the publication of my Hungarian Calendar (2002, 2004) and my
solution for the Seleucid Code (2009) I feel my obligation to answer
the questions of the Arabic chronological order which is in frequent
use as a proof against the statement of my Hungarian Calendar.
In 2004 I published my firm statement in connection with the above
important starting date, 1 AH: the year of AD 622 corresponds to the
year of 816 CE (Common Era) which is identified astronomically.
Or to be more specific: the first day of the AH 1 year corresponds to
July 30, 816 CE of Julian calendar!
mathematical/astronomical chronology in Antiquity and the Middle
Ages in the Mediterranean region and the Near East.
Mathematical chronology is based on the movement of the celestial
bodies, while historical chronology systematizes the remaining
sources on grounds of the data given by different calendar systems.
According to the chronology to which I gave the name Hungarian Calendar, Julius Caesar introduced his famous reform calendar named
after him the Julian calendar, in the astronomically count-down year
of 152 CE.
Since then, without any intermission, we measure time in years (365.25
days).
This however shortens the today valid time-axis by 196 years.
The Hungarian Calendar has determined the date of CE 152 as the
starting date of the Julian calendar, by simple astronomical calculations. These calculations essentially count back year by year from the
current year’s vernal equinox (the day in Spring with equal day and
night) and the result of the “new chronology” are then validated by critical analysis of the historical solar eclipses.
I must point out to doubters of this method of counting back in the
time that modern astronomical research could not operate without it.
A signally important conclusion of the Hungarian Calendar is that the
dates of the vernal equinox (spring point) in the starting year of the
Julian calendar (152 CE) and at time of the “Augustan correction (208
CE) were both on March 21. The Hungarian Calendar answers the main
question: why was it that Pope Gregory, in 1582, amended the calendar
(very correctly, by the way) only by 10 days?
The Hungarian Calendar also hypothesizes that Jesus Christ was born
in 194 CE.
After the publication of my Hungarian Calendar (2002, 2004) and my
solution for the Seleucid Code (2009) I feel my obligation to answer
the questions of the Arabic chronological order which is in frequent
use as a proof against the statement of my Hungarian Calendar.
In 2004 I published my firm statement in connection with the above
important starting date, 1 AH: the year of AD 622 corresponds to the
year of 816 CE (Common Era) which is identified astronomically.
Or to be more specific: the first day of the AH 1 year corresponds to
July 30, 816 CE of Julian calendar!
