In modern times, the four cross-quarter days are often called Groundhog Day (February 2), May Day (May 1), Lammas (August 1) and Halloween (October 31). The 2021 lunar calendars are here! Order yours before they're gone.
Quarter Days ExplainedMany leases provide for annual rent to be paid in four equal instalments "on the usual quarter days" and clients are often surprised to learn that these are 25th March, 24th June, 29th September and 25th December.
In a calendar year, the first quarter (Q1) starts on January 1 and ends on March 31. The second quarter (Q2) goes through April 1 to June 30. The third quarter (Q3) is from July 1 to September 30, and the fourth quarter (Q4) is from October 1 to December 31.
(in England, Ireland, and Wales) one of the four days, Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas, or Christmas, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which quarterly payments are due, tenancies begin and end, etc.
The standard calendar quarters that make up the year are as follows:
- January, February, and March (Q1)
- April, May, and June (Q2)
- July, August, and September (Q3)
- October, November, and December (Q4)
Each of the CROSS QUARTERS falls exactly halfway between every equinox and every solstice.
- You find the midpoints to determine the cross Quarters.
- The Cardinal Four + the Cross Quarters = the Eternal Eight.
- How close is close enough to celebrate?
Quarters
- First quarter, Q1: 1 January – 31 March (90 days or 91 days in leap years)
- Second quarter, Q2: 1 April – 30 June (91 days)
- Third quarter, Q3: 1 July – 30 September (92 days)
- Fourth quarter, Q4: 1 October – 31 December (92 days)
This date and three others like it are known as the Cross-Quarter Days, because they are evenly spaced between the fundamental Quarter Days of the Solstices and Equinoxes. Christmas (Winter Solstice) and Easter (Spring Equinox) are two obvious examples; one may make the argument that these holiday times were inherited.
How many days, weeks and months are there in a quarter?
| Quarter | Period | Days |
|---|
| Q1 | 1st January - 31st March | 90 (91 in a leap year) |
| Q2 | 1st April - 30th June | 91 |
| Q3 | 1st July - 30th September | 92 |
| Q4 | 1st October - 31st December | 92 |
3. What is rent paid quarterly in advance? - this is the usual basis in commercial property leases with two aspects. Firstly, on 4 set dates in a year (every quarter), and secondly to be paid at the beginning of each period (in advance), not at the end (arrears).
Calendar Quarter means the three-month period ending on the last day of March, June, September, or December. Calendar Quarter means the respective periods of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
:15 minutes = quarter hour = . 25 hours. :30 minutes = half hour = . 5 hours.
7 April 2021 – Deadline for VAT returns and payments of Accounting Quarter period ending 28 February 2021. 7 May 2021 – Deadline for VAT returns and payments of Accounting Quarter period ending 31 March 2021. 7 June 2021 – Deadline for VAT returns and payment Accounting Quarter period ending 30 April 2021.
middlemas holiday. Christmas day is a national public holiday in Jordan. Christmas is a clever time to inaugurate a reign: you can nod to the classical imagery of an emperor's triumphal entry into the city, his adventus.
25 March is Lady Day, Feast of the Annunciation and the first quarter day of the year. Traditionally on quarter days tenants paid their rents to landlords and servants were hired. Lady Day was also the first day of the calendar year in England and Wales until 1752.
So in 2021, the midpoint between the June solstice and the September equinox has changed from August 1st, and its true midpoint—the moment that comes exactly between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox in 2021—happens Saturday, August 7th.
