== Reckoning == 

 This whole article was included in the 2006 Wikipedia CD Selection, but since then this particular section has fallen into decline. Now the wording is very confusing, and the table annoyingly breaks across the page. 

 This section is about reckoning the Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter seasons. It doesn't include Dry/Wet seasons, so why should it include Beruc/Meertilluc/Pourner/Mawkur/Meerningal/Beruc etc seasons? 

 Maybe the aboriginal seasons could be moved to a different sectionor better yeta different article. They don't really fit in with the rest of the article. As with the 24 Solar terms, they're sorta like seasons, but are actually something unique. 

 As I see it, there are three ways of reckoning/defining Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter seasons: 
 * traditional  equinoxes and solstices are seasonal midpoints (used by the Irish, C/J/K) 
 * astronomical  equinoxes and solstices are the beginnings of seasons (used by USA) 
 * meteorlogical  somewhere between the other two (used by Romans, British) 

 Do not state that the CJK and the Irish use different reckoning and approximate reckoningthey both use "traditional" reckoning, and only disagree by a few days. 

 As an aside, this section needs to state what agency or authority uses the terms "traditional," astronomical," and "meteorlogical." If these terms are actually just arbitrary, we should use more pragmatic/transparent terms like "quarter day centered" and "cross-quarter day centered" etcor evenFeb/May/Aug/Nov, Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec, and Apr/Jul/Oct/Jan reckoning 

 The table as is, might not be the best way to present the information. Perhaps a smaller table without borders (ie, just listing seasonal starting dates and possibly midpts) would be better? 

 The difference between Northern and Southern seasonal reckoning/definition is simple enough to put into a single sentence at the end. Why agonize by reduplicating the table, and restating every... single... possible... definition (ie, traditional, astronomical, meteorlogical) in southern terms. 

 Leave it at: "In the southern hemisphere, the seasons are shifted forward 6 months." 

 Lastly, perhaps it would be good to mention some reason why different definitions of the seasons arose? For example: "Defining seasons as having midpoints at the equinoxes and solstices is in essense defining seasons by insolation; winter is defined as the quarter of the year with the least insolation, summer as the quarter of the year with the most. However, the effects of insolation variation on weather are delayed by a month or two. Hence, the Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec and Apr/Jul/Oct/Jan definitions; the former being more accurate to the weather, the latter being most conveniently defined since they coincide with the equinoxes and solstices." 

 Note: for the article, only one term, "reckoning" or "definition" should be used, lest a false (and confusing) distinction be drawn (ie, one derives legitamacy from the other).