UMMM But God tells them SPECIFICALLY Sunset to Sunset. God knows that the Arctic circle can not USE that specific time reference. God created it all,He certainly knows that the time would be measured in other ways. But He never said it was to measured in another way. If God meant it for ALL to follow it He would have given other ways of measuring the time. That is people adding something to the text He never said.
According to the English book of Common Prayer, "Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after the 21st day of March; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after."
Why such an odd definition? March 21 is the vernal equinox -- the day on which the length of daylight equals the length of darkness as the days are lengthening in the spring. The traditional Jewish calendar is based on moon phases, which is how the phase of the moon enters into the definition -- when they were determining what day Easter would fall on, they deferred to the Jewish practice of using moon phases to decide the timing of holidays.
Using this method, Easter can only occur between March 22 and April 25.
Uh, how do you determine ishtar in that region? You have to be able to determine the vernal equinox, then you have to have a clock or watch to determine the passing of days. From ehow...
How to Locate the Vernal Equinox
Instructions
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Visit an online website listing the future vernal equinox times. You can find a list at the website of the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory. You can also look at the table on the Seasky website or at the Farmers Almanac website, all of which use data compiled from NASA and are accurate within an hour.
2
Use the seasons calculator at the Time and Date website. Select the years from the drop-down menu, then choose your location from the "Location" list. Press "Show seasons" for a breakdown of the time for the vernal equinox. If you don't see your city listed, choose a city that is in the same time zone.
3
Visit the Atmospheric Ocean model website of NASA to use their calculator. There are three blank spaces provided at the bottom of the page. Enter the starting year in the first blank, the ending year in the second blank and then the yearly increment in space number three. For instance, type "2011," then "2020" and then "1" if you want a breakdown of the vernal equinox every year between 2011 and 2020. Click "Submit" once you are ready.
Well, a couple of hundred years ago those methods were just not available, so ishtar couldn't be figured out either.
The real answer lies in this...
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
And many years ago, the church faced with the same question, made a decision that one would simply follow the longitude line down from the location in question and use the sunset times from there. The church has authority to make administrative decisions...
1Co 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
I probably should not have answered this question...
Pro 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
But I didn't want you to feel to smug...
Pro 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
While you are asking, why not ask how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?