Chinese calendar
The Chinese calendar is represented by two types of calendars: solar (agricultural) and solar-lunar. The second of them is historically known in two versions: the Xia calendar (after the name of the first semi-mythical...
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Jewish calendar
Years in the Hebrew chronology are counted from the creation of the world (for example, 2013 according to the Hebrew chronology was 5773). The Hebrew Calendar The Torah speaks of the first day of...
Ethiopian calendar
Every educated resident of Ethiopia will tell you without hesitation that now is not 2021, but 2014. Moreover, there are not 12 months in this country, and new days are counted here not after...
Buddhist calendar
The Buddhist calendar is used with slight differences in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka (that is, the countries of the spread of Theravada Buddhism). Used in Tibet before the annexation by China...
Julian and Gregorian calendars – which one is more popular?
The Julian and Gregorian calendars continued to exist together, but in most countries of the world it is the Gregorian calendar that is used, and the Julian remains for calculating Christian holidays. Russia was...
Gregorian calendar
However, at the end of the 16th century, Pope Gregory XIII proposed a different chronology system. What was the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendar, if there was no difference in the number...
Julian calendar
Once upon a time, during the reign of Julius Caesar, in 45 BC. the Julian calendar appeared. The calendar itself was named after the ruler. It was the astronomers of Julius Caesar who created...
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