Yamato Yamamoto's definitions

Cheshvan

Also written as: Heshvan, Hesvan

A month of the Hebrew Calendar. It is counted as month 8 and runs from October to November. It contains 29 days, and occasionally 30. It follows Tishri and precedes Kislev.

I’m looking forward to 30 Cheshvan 5783! This date will occur on Thursday, November 24th, 2022. It is a very special date.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 13, 2021

zero-point-once

1. One-tenth of a time.
2. (in mathematics) Used to describe a quotient between 0.1 and 0.2.

I ran around the track zero-point-once, then I got tired.
“Seven goes into 1 zero-point-once, with a remainder of 0.3.”

(Said by someone on Numberphile, a channel on YouTube.)

by Yamato Yamamoto May 6, 2022

5783

A Hebrew calendar year, starting on September 26, 2022, and ending with nightfall on September 15, 2023. It falls right in between two embolismic (13-month) years, 5782 and 5784.

- Hey, what year is this again?
- We are currently in the year 5783.
- Thank you

by Yamato Yamamoto May 14, 2021

12:00 UTC

The time at which Greenwich is facing right towards the sun.

UTC = Coordinated Universal Time

At 12:00 UTC, the sun is directly facing Greenwich. It is 1 PM (sometimes 2 PM) in France, 9 PM in Tokyo, and 4 AM (sometimes 5 AM) in California.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 13, 2021

2023

A Gregorian non-leap year starting on a Sunday.

In the U.S. and Canada, Daylight Saving Time 2023 starts on March 12 and ends on November 5. In Europe, it starts on March 27 and ends on October 30.

by Yamato Yamamoto February 18, 2022

Tishri

A month of the Hebrew calendar, having 30 days, counted as month number 7. It is the first month of the Hebrew year. It runs from September to October. It follows Elul and precedes Cheshvan.

-Hey, when were you born?
-I was born in Tishri. The 4th of Tishri to be specific.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 13, 2021

5784

A Hebrew calendar year, having 13 months, corresponding to 2024. It starts on September 16, 2023, and ends at nightfall on October 2, 2024.

5784 was the favorite year of my life; it had an extra Adar and a leap day in the Gregorian calendar.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 14, 2021