October (Roman month) October (Roman month) October (from Latin "octo", "eight") or mensis October was the eighth of ten months on the oldest Roman calendar. It had 31 days. October followed September (from "septem", "seven") and preceded November ("novem", "nine"). After the calendar reform that resulted in a 12-month year, October became the tenth month, but retained its numerical name, as did the other months from September through December. Some of the observances in October marked the close of the season for military campaigning and farming, which commenced in March ("Martius", "Mars' month"). October was under the guardianship "(tutela)" of Mars. The Romans
Pax Calendar to 48 hours or making Pax a month of 28 or 21 days to be added 18 times in 400 years. Pax Calendar The Pax calendar was invented by James A. Colligan, SJ in 1930 as a perennializing reform of the annualized Gregorian calendar. The common year is divided into 13 months of 28 days each, whose names are the same as in the Gregorian calendar, except that a month called "Columbus" occurs between November and December. The first day of every week, month and year would be Sunday. Unlike other perennial calendar reform proposals, such as the International Fixed