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Calendar

Sumerian name: ITI (π’Œ—) β€” "Month" / MU (π’ˆ¬) β€” "Year"

The calendar is one of the most important legacies of the Anunnaki according to Zecharia Sitchin. He argued that the Sumerians did not invent the calendar but received it as a fully developed system from their Anunnaki masters β€” a system that encoded advanced astronomical knowledge about Nibiru and the precessional cycle.

The Sumerian Calendar

The Sumerians used a sophisticated lunisolar calendar:

Element Detail
Year Solar year of 360 days (with intercalary months)
Months 12 lunar months of 30 days each
Week 7 days, named after the seven celestial bodies
Day Divided into 12 "double hours" (60 minutes each)
Intercalation Periodic addition of a 13th month to align with seasons

The Sumerian calendar was the foundation upon which all subsequent Near Eastern calendars (Babylonian, Assyrian, Hebrew) were built.

The Divine Calendar

Sitchin identified a separate "divine calendar" used by the Anunnaki, based on the orbit of Nibiru:

  • 1 Nibiru year = 3,600 Earth years (NΓ‰RU)
  • 1 Nibiru month = 300 Earth years
  • 1 Nibiru day = 1 Earth year (approximately)

"The gods lived by a different clock than humans. One day of the gods was one year of men."

The 360-Day Year

The Sumerian calendar year of 360 days (12 Γ— 30) was, Sitchin argued, not based on the solar year (365.25 days) but on a celestial cycle. The number 360 appears repeatedly in:

  • Degrees in a circle
  • The base-60 numerical system
  • The Sumerian year
  • The ideal number of days in the Nibiru year

The Zodiac

Sitchin gave special attention to the zodiac, which he argued the Anunnaki divided into 12 houses. Each house corresponds to 30Β° of the celestial path and approximately 2,160 years of the precessional cycle:

Zodiac Age Duration (BCE/CE)
Age of Leo 10,800 – 8,640 BCE
Age of Cancer 8,640 – 6,480 BCE
Age of Gemini 6,480 – 4,320 BCE
Age of Taurus 4,320 – 2,160 BCE
Age of Aries 2,160 – 1 BCE
Age of Pisces 1 CE – 2,160 CE
Age of Aquarius 2,160 – 4,320 CE

See Also

Sources

  • Sitchin, Z. (1993). When Time Began. Chapters 2-4.
  • Sitchin, Z. (1976). The 12th Planet.
  • Neugebauer, O. (1969). The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. Dover Publications.