Kukhalenda lenyanga, inyanga eqaqayo iyinyanga eyengeziwe engezwe kukhalenda ukuze kugcinwe ikhalenda lenyanga lihambisana nonyaka welanga. Ikhalenda lenyanga lisekelwe emijikelezweni yenyanga, engaba yizinsuku ezingu-29.5, ngakho-ke unyaka wenyanga uba yizinsuku ezingu-354 ubude. Lokhu kufushane kunonyaka welanga, ongaba yizinsuku ezingu-365.24.
Ukuze kugcinwe ikhalenda lenyanga lihambisana nonyaka welanga, kunezelwa inyanga eyengeziwe ekhalendeni lenyanga cishe njalo eminyakeni emithathu. Inyanga eqaqayo ifakwa ngemva kwenyanga ethile ekhalendeni lenyanga, futhi inikezwa igama elifanayo naleyo nyanga, kodwa kunegama elithi “eqaqayo” kuyo. Isibonelo, inyanga eqaqayo engezwe ngemva kwenyanga yesithathu ibizwa ngokuthi “eqaqayo inyanga yesithathu” noma “inyanga yesithathu ehlanganisiwe”. Inyanga eqaqayo nayo ibalwa njengenyanga evamile, futhi wonke amaholide nemikhosi eyenzeka phakathi naleyo nyanga igujwa njengokujwayelekile.
Isidingo senyanga eqaqayo ekhalendeni lenyanga sivela ngoba imijikelezo yenyanga nemijikelezo yelanga ayihambisani kahle. Ukwengeza inyanga eqaqayo kuqinisekisa ukuthi ikhalenda lenyanga lihlala lihambisana nezinkathi zonyaka, kanye nekhalenda lelanga.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-23-2023