People are confused as to how to sit shiva and how to properly pay a shiva call. Because people do not know, and because talking about death makes people nervous and awkward, the shiva house often turns into a festive gathering filled with nervous chatter, instead of the proper house of mourning.
The average number of days in a month is around 30.4. With 24 hours in a day, this is an average of about 730 hours per month.
The average length of a month of the Gregorian calendar is exactly 30.436875 days (365.2425 days/year Ã· 12 months/year). In every 400-year period, there are 303 regular years and 97 leap years. (303 * 365 + 97 * 366) Ã· 400 = 365.2425