• Weather 2.1 Calendars,6 in archive,Chinese,Egyptian,Gaelic,Olympiad,Revolutionary,Zoroastrian,
Chinese∑Chia-tzu
I-ch’ou
Ping-yin
Ting-mao
Wu-ch’en
Chi-szu
Keng-wu
Hsin-wei
Jen-shen
Kuei-yu
Chia-hsü
I-hai
Ping-tzu
Ting-ch’ou
Wu-yin
Chi-mao
Keng-ch’en
Hsin-szu
Jen-wu
Kuei-wei
Chia-shen
I-yu
Ping-hsü
Ting-hai
Wu-tzu
Chi-ch’ou
Keng-yin
Hsin-mao
Jen-ch’en
Kuei-szu
Chia-wu
I-wei
Ping-shen
Ting-yu
Wu-hsü
Chi-hai
Keng-tzu
Hsin-ch’ou
Jen-yin
Kuei-mao
Chia-ch’en
I-szu
Ping-wu
Ting-wei
Wu-shen
Chi-yu
Keng-hsü
Hsin-hai
Jen-tzu
Kuei-ch’ou
Chia-yin
I-mao
Ping-ch’en
Ting-szu
Wu-wu
Chi-wei
Keng-shen
Hsin-yu
Jen-hsü
Kuei-hai∑ 1 Spring Begins 15
2 Rain Water 14
3 Excited Insects 15
4 Vernal Equinox 15
5 Clear and Bright 16
6 Grain Rains 15
7 Summer Begins 15
8 Grain Fills 16
9 Grain in Ear 16
10 Summer Solstice 15
11 Slight Heat 16
12 Great Heat 16
13 Autumn Begins 15
14 Limit of Heat 16
15 White Dew 16
16 Autumnal Equinox 15
17 Cold Dew 15
18 Hoar Frost Descends 15
19 Winter Begins 15
20 Little Snow 15
21 Heavy Snow 15
22 Winter Solstice 14
23 Little Cold 15
24 Severe Cold 15∑Chia-tzu
I-ch’ou
Ping-yin
Ting-mao
Wu-ch’en
Chi-szu
Keng-wu
Hsin-wei
Jen-shen
Kuei-yu
Chia-hsü
I-hai
Ping-tzu
Ting-ch’ou
Wu-yin
Chi-mao
Keng-ch’en
Hsin-szu
Jen-wu
Kuei-wei
Chia-shen
I-yu
Ping-hsü
Ting-hai
Wu-tzu
Chi-ch’ou
Keng-yin
Hsin-mao
Jen-ch’en
Kuei-szu
Chia-wu
I-wei
Ping-shen
Ting-yu
Wu-hsü
Chi-hai
Keng-tzu
Hsin-ch’ou
Jen-yin
Kuei-mao
Chia-ch’en
I-szu
Ping-wu
Ting-wei
Wu-shen
Chi-yu
Keng-hsü
Hsin-hai
Jen-tzu
Kuei-ch’ou
Chia-yin
I-mao
Ping-ch’en
Ting-szu
Wu-wu
Chi-wei
Keng-shen
Hsin-yu
Jen-hsü
Kuei-hai∑∑Starlight 1 1 2
Moon 29.5 6 4∑D Y
D Y
DM day of the M, D Y
DM day of the M, D Y∑—∑Chieh∑—∑Hsün∑Jen-tzu∑365∑15.9∑13.21∑12.15∑1.4∑∑Hsin-wei∑1∑12:00
0:40
11:20∑2∑0∑0∑0∑0∑0∑10∑9 of 13∑9∑The years and days of this Chinese calendar derive from the combination of 10 celestial stems and 12 terrestrial branches. This gives a 60-year cycle in combination with a 60-day cycle. The celestial bits have no English equivalent, the terrestrial bits are the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Intercalation keeps it in tune with the solar year.
The Chieh are not strictly months, and I don’t have the Chinese transliterations. The dates weren’t written quite the way they are here, either, but you can alter the material to suit your purposes and scholarship if you happen to be setting an adventure in early China.∑15,29,44,59,75,90,105,121,137,152,168,184,199,215,231,246,261,276,291,306,321,335,350,365
DM_ of M, Y∑∑∑∑∑789∑365∑27.10∑25.4∑23.1∑26.7∑∑∑1∑12:00
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11:20∑9∑0∑0∑0∑0∑0∑10∑10 of 13∑9∑The Egyptian calendar was based on more than astronomy: it depended on the annual flooding of the Nile, and the need to predict it. The calendar shown is the Coptic one, which uses the Egyptian month names. The new year was fixed at our 29 August in 38 BC.
The extra days at the end of the year were called Nisi for the five-day period and Kebus for the six-day period of the leap year (every four years).∑30,60,90,120,150,180,210,240,270,300,330,360,365
D, DM M Y∑∑∑∑Week∑1996∑366∑22.6∑21.12∑21.9∑22.3∑∑Diluain∑1∑12:00
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11:20∑1∑0∑0∑0∑0∑0∑7∑8 of 13∑9∑This is the Gaelic version of the standard Gregorian calendar, useful if you happen to be in the Outer Hebrides or Skye, for instance. It sounds better than it spells!∑31,60,91,121,152,182,213,244,274,305,335,366
-10,20,49,79,108,138,167,197,226,256,285,315,344,374,403,∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑true∑false∑true∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑false∑true∑false∑false∑false∑ΩOlympiad∑Olympiad 36 I
Olympiad 36 II
Olympiad 36 III
Olympiad 36 IV
Olympiad 37 I∑ 1 Hecatombaeon 30
2 Metageitnion 29
3 Boedromion 30
4 Pyanepsion 29
5 Maemacterion 30
6 Poseideon 29
7 Gamelion 30
8 Anthesterion 29
9 Elaphebolion 30
10 Munychion 29
11 Thargelion 30
12 Scirophorion 29∑∑∑Starlight 1 1 2
Moon 29.5 6 4∑DM.MY
DM.MY
DW_ day WM_ decade of M, Y
DW_ day WM_ decade of M, Y∑∑∑∑∑Olympiad 36 IV∑354∑1.1∑1.7∑1.4∑30.9∑∑∑1∑12:00
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11:20∑7∑0∑0∑0∑0∑0∑10∑11 of 13∑9∑In 264 BC, the Olympic games became used as a system of dating. The Greeks had different names for the months in most states: the ones shown are Attic. The year started at the summer solstice. An intercalary month of 29 or 30 days, Poseideon II, was added after the sixth month — every second year at first, but omitted irregularly afterwards. Months were divided into ‘decades’, periods of ten days.∑30,59,89,118,148,177,207,236,266,295,325,354
D, DM_ of M Y∑Year∑Month∑Day∑Week∑Year I∑365∑5.10∑2.4∑1.1∑4.7∑∑Primidi∑1∑12:00
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11:20∑10∑0∑0∑0∑0∑0∑10∑12 of 13∑9∑The French Republican calendar was adopted in France in 1793, during the Revolution, as a substitute for the Gregorian. It lasted until 1806. The year began at the Autumn equinox, when the Republic was proclaimed in 1792, and the Year name dated from then: Year IV (of the Revolution) etc.
The tenth day of the week was a day of rest. The supplementary days at the end of the year were celebratory. They were renamed ‘complementary days’ in 1795, when the moderates ousted the sans-culottes.
The calendar was used by few outside administrative bodies, although there were prosecutions for those ignoring it. It made things difficult for traditional customs and religions, and the month names only fitted the seasons of the northern hemisphere.∑30,60,90,120,150,180,210,240,270,300,330,360,365
11:20∑1∑0∑0∑0∑0∑0∑7∑13 of 13∑9∑The Zoroastrian calendar began on the birth of their founder, 3 March 389 BC. It does not use a leap year, nor divide the months into weeks. The calendar thus regresses by about a day every four years. There are five additional days at the end of the year as well as the 12 regular months.∑30,60,90,120,150,180,210,240,270,300,330,360,361,362,363,364,365