A repeatable month
Each month has 36 regular days. Even-numbered months have a 37th day; month 10 has a 38th in leap years.
A calendar proposal
A different rhythm
for the same year.
What if the year had ten months, and every metric week made room for four days of focus and two days of rest?
Metric Calendar rearranges the familiar 365 or 366 days into a repeating structure. The year still begins on January 1. The way we divide it changes.
Example metric month02 / 10
Awaken · Month 02
6 weeks · 36 regular days
| BeginFocus 1 | CreateFocus 2 | ConnectFocus 3 | ShareFocus 4 | PauseRest 1 | RenewRest 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 |
| 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
37
One extra pause.Bonus Rest Day · outside the metric week
10 months. 60 metric weeks. One shared year.Explore the evidence & limitations
The idea in a minute
A familiar year.
A new arrangement.
The length of the day stays the same. So do the year number, January 1 alignment, and leap-year rule. Here is the proposed structure.
A six-day metric week
Begin, Create, Connect and Share are Focus Days; Pause and Renew are Rest Days. Each month repeats this six-day rhythm six times.
Space between cycles
A Bonus Rest Day closes months 02, 04, 06, 08, and 10, outside the regular metric week. No day disappears.
See the whole year
Ten months. One pattern.
Five pairs of months: 36 + 37 days.
5 × 73 = 365 days, plus one in a leap year. Month names evoke phases of a year, not fixed seasons.
01Renewal
36 days02Awaken
37 days03Bloom
36 days04Thrive
37 days05Radiate
36 days06Sustain
37 days07Gather
36 days08Reflect
37 days09Diminish
36 days10Restore
37 / 38 daysFocus DaysRest DaysExtra days follow the grid: Bonus Rest Days in even months; Leap Day in month 10.
The names behind the pattern
A shared structure.
Human language.
The names help people remember the rhythm; the month and weekday numbers remain the precise reference points.
Ten named months
Renewal to Restore
The months trace a symbolic arc of beginning, growth, contribution, reflection and recovery. They do not claim that every part of the world shares the same seasons.
Six named weekdays
Begin · Create · Connect · Share · Pause · Renew
Four Focus Days and two Rest Days draw on broadly understandable human activities rather than a particular religion, mythology or country.
The English names are not prescribed activities or universal translations. Read why each name was chosen and how the system could be adapted internationally →
Why explore it?
A simpler pattern.
Some bigger questions.
Regular month layouts make the calendar easier to describe. Whether that makes life easier is a question for people, organisations, and research.
Learn a predictable structure
Every month begins with Begin (Focus Day 1). The six regular metric weeks have the same layout.
Try a planning overlay
Keep Gregorian dates alongside Metric dates to explore a different view of your year.
Examine the trade-offs
A six-day cycle shifts against the seven-day week. Family schedules, observances, and services need deliberate attention.
A proposal, with open questions
The arithmetic is defined.
The benefits need testing.
Studies of shorter working time provide useful context. They do not test this calendar’s ten months or its six-day metric week, and they do not guarantee productivity or well-being gains.
Read the research & limitationsChoose your next step
Make the idea concrete.
For the curious
What’s your date?
Convert today, a birthday, or a milestone and see the calculation.
Open the converter For potential adoptersTry it alongside your calendar.
Start with dual dates, then consider what a careful pilot would involve.
Explore adoption For a closer lookCompare the systems.
Inspect the structure, day counts, and practical compromises.
See the comparison