CALENDAR AND TIME DATABASE
INCLUDES ASTROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY BASICS
(This page was constructed in the year 2000)
Thirty days hath September, BUT NOT ALWAYS!!!! |
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| GREGORIAN | 2000 | Pope Gregory XIII updated the Christian Calendar in1582. Only Europeans identified Year One with the birth of Christ. |
| BUDDHIST | 2544 | Year One marks the death of Buddha which was around 543 B.C. Not all Buddhists follow this calendar. The Tibetan monks follow a calendar that comes full cycle every 60 years. It is related to the Chinese calendar, with each year named after an animal and an element. The new year begins on the Gregorian day of Feb. 6, 2000 It will be the end of the year of the Earth Hare and the beginning of the Year of the Iron Dragon. |
| CHINESE | 4697 | China's calendar was invented in the Gregorian year of 2637 B.C. It has been revised many times. It runs in 60 year cycles, each year named for a constellation and for one of 12 animals connected to the Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese calendar is now in the 16th year of the current cycle, the year of the Rabbit. The year of the Dragon starts on the Gregorian Feb. 5, 2000. |
| ETHIOPIAN
COPTIC CHRISTIANS |
1993
1716 |
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians date Christ's birth
akin to the Gregorian year A.D. 7. The Ethiopian calendar is similar to ancient
Egypt with 12 months of 30 days and a 13th month of five days.
Coptic Christians follow the calendar of the Martyrs. It begins in the Gregorian year of 284, the year Diocletian, a persecuter of Christians became empor of Rome. |
| HEBREW | 5760 | Year one of the Hebrew Calendar is the Gregorian year of 3761 B.C.E. It is a lunar calendar, in 19 year cycles, counting months from full moon to full moon. There is a 'leap month' added every few years to close the gap between lunar and solar cycles. Leap years run about 384 days, normal years with 354. |
| HINDU | 1921 | The Hindu calendar which was mentioned in the Rig-Veda was originally a lunar calendar. It was revised in A.D. 79 - Year One is known as 1 Saka. It has been updated in 1957 operating on the Gregorian leap-year system. Religious holidays are calculated according to the positions of the sun and moon. |
| MAYAN | 5119 | The Mayan's use three calendars. The 5,130 year Great Cycle ends on the Gregorian year 2012. The Maya based their original calendar on the true seasonal year with 365 days. They also have a 260 day calendar for astrological predictions. The third calendar is based on the moon's phases. |
| MUSLIM | 1420 | Muhammad's trek to Hegira marks the beginning of this calendar which was akin to 622 A.D. This is a lunar calendar of alternating months of 29 and 30 days. The Muslim year has 354 days. For this reason, seasons fall backward and birthdays are earlier and earlier each year. Each month starts with the new moon. |
Calendar Zone
Major index to calendar sites, includes sections on celestial, cultural,
religious, and today in history calendars, as well as holidays and the
millennium.
The American Secular Holiday Calendar
Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar
The Names of the Days of the Week
The
Gregorian Calendar
A complete history of our current calendar system.
National Institute of
Standards Time Division
Want to know what time it is? To the tenth decimal place? Detailed information
about modern timekeeping.
A Walk Through
Time
A history of the measurement of time
The U.S. Naval Observatory Time
Service Department
The official source of time for the United States
Yahoo! Calendars
page
Exhaustive list of calendar-related pages on the web
Bioregional Calendar,
A
ABC is an alternative that provides humanity with the ability to organize
while encouraging autonomous cultural expression.
Calendar
Reform
aims to promote thinking about calendar reform, and to explore paradoxes
arising from transitions in time-keeping.
Calendar Zone
links to a huge variety of calendars.
Calendars and Their
History
reprinted from the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac.
Clickable Calendars
monthly trivia calendars with quizzes.
Doomsday Algorithm for Day of Week
Ecclesiastical
Calendar
enter a year, get the days and dates for several Ecclesiastical celebrations
during that year, including Easter and the movable celebrations related to
it.
Holidays.Nations
displays the date and notes holidays for a number of countries, based on
IP address.
ISO Week Date
Calendar
interactive calendar based on ISO 8601. Displays the current week and day
of the year and converts dates to week-date format.
Multi-Year
Calendar
displays any sequence of calendar years since 1582, with selected holidays;
in English, French, German, and Spanish
One-World
Global Calendar
Thousands of holidays & celebrations from all religions &
cultures--modern, tribal, ancient. Meteors, new & full moons, eclipses.
Updated weekly.
Steel in
the Deep
free, downloadable 1998 submarine-themed calendar.
Timeanddate.com's Calendar
Page
creates a calendar for any year or month.Many countries, holidays, and phases
of the moon are supported.
Today's Births, Deaths, and
Events
from Scope Systems.
World
Book Encyclopedia: Calendars: Counting the Days
facts about calendars and their long history.
Calendars, Time, and Time Zones
"This program calculates: Easter Sunday in both the Western (Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant) Christian, and in the Eastern (Orthodox) Christian traditions; The movable Feasts associated with Easter in the Western and Eastern traditions; & Many Feasts in the Catholic calendar."
Searchable index, with links to Date and Time resources, Monthly Calendar, and a WWW Calendar Generator.
This WWW page allows you to convert dates among various calendar systems. Each date entered will be converted to: Julian day number; Day of week; Gregorian calendar; Julian calendar; Jewish calendar; and the French republican calendar.
Calculates when the Jewish holidays fall from 1997 through 2006.
Numerous date related links with a searchable dates archive
Enter the date to view any month, year, etc. With links to Interesting Facts for Today, and Calendar Zone
"this web site features literary events that occurred on a particular day in history."
The current release shows the rise and set times of the moon and sun, along with a graphic of the current phase of the moon, and the ability to turn on or off daylight savings time.
Electronic version of the print reference.
"A gateway to more than 250 url's, this site deals with calendars used throughout the world, calendar converters, holidays and special days."
Use the Internet edition to see what today's holidays are around the world. Search for holidays by country and date.
National and religious holidays - alphabetical by country.
Create printable or HTMLized monthly calendars.
Countdown
Check the time to any date in the past or future, or find out how many seconds,
minutes, hours, and days you have been alive.
Date & Time Gateway
Instant calculation for most places in the world - countries listed
alphabetically.
Local Times Around the
World
"This guide attempts to list all of the world's countries, and many of its
islands, with a pointer to the local time in the region. Times quoted as
UTC offsets do not consider Daylight Savings Time. Except for the Pacific
and Caribbean Islands, islands are often included with either the sovereign
country listing, or with the nearest continent."
The Time Zone
Page
The current time is available for 606 cities worldwide. Enter cities and/or
countries and the current time is returned for each location.
Timezone
Converter
Specify the time zone, time and date to convert from, and the time zone to
convert to.
USNO Master Clock Time
"The latest time, direct from the US Naval Observatory Master Clock, with
listings for each of the major time zones in the United States. Shows you
how to add the clock to your own web page." Numerous links to time related
sites including,
Sunrise/Sunset Computation,
which will calculate the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, transits of
the sun and moon.
TIME AND DATE
RESOURCES
A Walk Through Time
the evolution of time measurement
Aztec Calendar
describes the sacred Aztec calendar, and can tell you what date it is according
to that calendar.
Calendars and their
History
reprinted from the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac.
Calendar
Conversions
Convert dates into corresponding days in different calendar systems.
Calendar Information
Page
today's date in various calendars and eras. Links to "today" info throughout
the Web. Celestial and astronomical info.
Calendar
Studies
covers the Mayan, Goddess Lunar, Gregorian, Julian and other lunar calendars.
Includes DOS software to convert dates.
Countdown to the Millennium
Greenwich Observatory
Countdown
to the Millennium
U.S. Naval Observatory
Countdown to the Millennium
Worldwide Observatory of the Year 2000
Daily Almanac
Who was born and what happened on any given day
Daylight Saving Time,
Its History and Why We Use It
information on why we save daylight, the history of Daylight Savings Time,
and when it starts and stops each year between 1990 and 2004.
Ecclesiastical
Calendar
enter a year, get the days and dates for several Ecclesiastical celebrations
during that year, including Easter and the movable celebrations related to
it.
English Calendar
handbook of dates for students of English history and literature. Converts
between old and new style dates, calculates British regnal years, and calculates
the date of moveable religious holidays.
Horology
The science of time, timekeepers (watches, clocks) and timekeeping.
International
Standard Date and Time Notation
specifies numeric representations of date and time
Literary Calendar
almanac of literary information in a this-day-in-history format. Browse specific
days, search the entries, or join the mailing list for daily e-mails of
historical tidbits.
NIST Time and Frequency Division
Hompage
develops and operates standards of time and frequency
Roman Calendar
what day is it really? This Roman Calendar reconstruction will tell you what
ancient holiday today is, as well as what day your birthday was.
Sun and Moon
Data for One Day
obtain the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun
and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with information
on the Moon's phase.
TimeTicker
shows the exact time for every place on earth; shockwave plugin must be
installed.
Today's Calendar and Clock Page
WWW Tide and Current Predictor
World Clock, The
Automatically updated every minute
Worldtime
interactive world atlas, providing information on local time and public holidays
for all countries.
World Time Zone
local time in every country in the world; each local time is fully adjusted
for their own specific daylight savings time
World Wide Holidays and Events
World Wide Holidays and Festival Page
ASTROLOGY LINKS
The shift from Age of Pisces to Aquarius is discussed here. Read about Nostradmus
and a chart for July 27, 1999.
ASTRO*CARTO*GRAPHY
from EQUINOX
Explore relocation at this site, plus learn how relocation
affects the chart of Bill Clinton.
AstroEcon Home
Page
Explore the relationship between modern investing and
astrological cycles at this site.
Astrology Of
A Kremlin Coup?
Astrologer J. Adams analyzes Gorbachev and the politics
of modern Russia using astrology.
Basics Of Harmonic Astrology
This page offers an introduction to harmonic astrology with a nice explanation
of the concept of harmonics.
Chinese
Astrology Free Software
A compressed 9 K file is available for download.
Chiron
and Friends
Join Zane, world renowned expert on Chiron, as he he shares his knowledge.
Comments
on Eclipses and the Promised Messiah
A look at Islamic astrology, history, and prediction.
Counseling
With The Sacred Science Of Astrology
Yanner Lee offers educative materials, including a piece addressed to skeptics.
Decoding Your Birth Chart
This is an informative essay on chart interpretation. By Stephanie Austin
M.A.
Esoteric
Astrology
Esoteric astrology discussed. Consciousness and how it seeks expression through
the astrology chart is taught here.
Etheric
Planets (Schemes of evolution, and our Solar
System)
Written by astrologer Walter Pullen, worth reading for its thought-provoking
material. Not a home page.
EXPAK14-
To Be A Star?- Some Bits and Bytes of Astrology
A statistical breakdown of famous people's careers, using astrology.
The
Fundamentals of Galactic Astrology
A sidereal perspective written by astrologer Saros.
Good
Days Action Planning Guide Weekly Electional
Interpretations
Good information packed in here. Get daily updates.
Hints to Help You Deal With Eclipses
What to expect astrologically from an eclipse? Well, the unexpected! Read
these sane hints for a view of the nature of eclipses.
Index
to the Exhibits
Information on the Chinese and Mexican calendar systems is located here.
JEFF
JAWER ASTROLOGY
An excellent article that discusses the astrology of relationships.
JEFFREY WOLF
GREEN ASTROLOGY
This popular author and lecturer explains his new school, travel schedule
and includes current articles plus many good links.
A
Jungian Approach To Astrology
Astrologer Rodney Ravenswood has written this article about the synthesis
of Jungian psychology and astrology.
The
Love Planets
Check out this site for the meaning of Venus and Mars in your birth chart.
Explains how you ATTRACT or ATTAIN your desires by sign placement.
The Mountain
Astrologer
Brand new site; writer's guidelines, subscription ordering and E-mail contacts.
nl9502.txt
Genie's Online Astrology Roundtable 'zine _Constellations_ is here.
Partial
Solar Eclipse Of 09-01-97
This eclipse could be a culmination of celestial happenings over the past
few years. This article describes potential outcomes in world events as a
result of these happenings. By Tom Chas.
Planets
As Significators In Ancient Astrology
In this article, read how the ancient astrologers worked with the seven classical
planets, Sun through Saturn. By Joseph Crane.
Philadelphia
Astrological Society
For Philadephia and environs, this page gives a schedule of meetings, speakers
and more.
The
Sphinx Group- Precession
Judith Paulson writes an informative article on precession and The Great
Year.
Star Center Advanced
Galactic Astrology
Heliocentric astrologers compiled this page, complete with weekly forecasts,
and financial work based on the New Moon.
The
Star Of Evita - Madonna And The Asteroids
A fascinating account of the crossing of cosmic energies between Evita and
Madonna as interpreted by asteroid placements. Explores "coincidental" events
on Earth corresponding with certain placements of asteroids with names relating
to the event. By Jacob Schwartz, Ph.D.
Tales from the Planets
Celeste Korsholm meditates on the planets' meanings. Stargates and constellations
such as the Pleiades are included.
Understanding Astrology
A page which crams in an excellent course on- line. Much material available.
Void-Of-Course
Moons
Do you know what a Void of Course Moon is? Read this short, but informative
article about what defines a Void of Course Moon, and how to handle the energy
during this time.
ASTONOMY LINKS
An interview with the Center's David Dearborn about archaeoastronomy.
Clive Ruggles
Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester and co-editor of
ARCHAEOASTRONOMY. His is a good site for lessons, links, and hundreds of
images about archaeoastronomy.
Archaeoastronomy,
Ancient Astronomy and Ethnoastronomy Links
A huge list of related links from Wolfgang Dick.
The Archaeology Network
has lists of archaeology sites around the web.
Society for American
Archaeology
has a bulletin for upcoming conferences in archaeology. Native American/
MesoAmerican Archaeoastronomy
Chaco Canyon,
an Anasazi site in New Mexico with evidence for ancient astronomy and calender
systems.
Native American
Star Knowledge
contains wonderful tales and myths about the celestial objects and events
plus good information about medicine wheels.
The Maya Astronomy
Page
A site on everything you ever wanted to know about what we have learned from
the Maya Codices.
Intijalsu
amateur archaeoastronomers in Chile, who study the astronomical
significances of archaeological sites in South American, especially Chile.
Megalithic Archaeoastronomy
Megalithic web site
database.
The list of lists of web sites about megalithic sites such as Stonehenge,
Carnac, etc with a brief description of each web site.
University of Massachusetts Sunwheel
Project.
This is a project to build a stone circle aligned to the sunrises and sunsets
of the solstices and equinoxes, as well as the north pole star, for use by
the community as a tool for education and outreach.
World Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy in Japan
An incredible source of information on Japanese star lore and astronomical
history.
Early
Greek Astronomy
Outlined text of most aspects of Greek astrononomy.
Babylonian Mathematics
and Planetary Theory
A comprehensive guide to the Babylonian Planetary and Luni-Solar Parameters,
Babylonian Planetary Methodology and the Heliocentric Concept.
Egyptian
and Indian Archaeoastronomy
A small picture gallery of astronomical sites.
Center
for Archaeoastronomy Home Page
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of the Center