I don’t know how and why January became the first month of the year.  While discussing with my Physics Prof. Ananthan, I realized that once upon a time, March was the first month of the year & February was the last month of the year.

Question) What proof do I have to say that “February is the last month”?

Answer) I’ve two logical proofs:

PROOF 1: If March is the first month of the year, then September, October, November and December must be 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months respectively.  In Sanskrit, “Septha” means seven, “Octa” means eight (that’s why eight sided shape is called as Octagon), “Nava” means nine and “Dasa” means ten. By substituting the meaning of these months, we can easily infer that March should have been the first month of the year. This means, February is the last month.

PROOF 2: This is about human psychology.  Assume that there are 14 apples & 3 baskets. You are asked to place 5 apples in each basket.  How would you fill the baskets?

Psychology 1:  Basket A- 5, Basket B- 5 and Basket C -4

Psychology 2: Basket A-5, Basket B – 4 and Basket C -5

Psychology 3: Basket A – 4, Basket B – 5 and Basket C-5

Almost all of us would follow Psychology 1, isn’t it?

Similarly, if we need to fill 30 / 31 days* for each month and one month with the least number (say 28 / 29), then according to the above example we will fill the last month with 28 / 29 days – isn’t it?  That’s why the ‘last month of the year’ – February has the least number of days. 

So, 27 more days to go for the “Original New Year” isn’t it? 

PS:  * It is beyond the scope of our discussion to discuss why there are 30 & 31 days in other months. And this  article is just to prove that February is the last month.