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  2. Nanakshahi calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Nanakshahi calendar (Gurmukhi: ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ, romanized: Nānakshāhī) is a tropical solar calendar used in Sikhism.It is based on the "Barah Maha" (Twelve Months), a composition composed by the Sikh gurus reflecting the changes in nature conveyed in the twelve-month cycle of the year. [1]

  3. Positivist calendar - Wikipedia

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    The positivist calendar was a calendar reform proposal by Auguste Comte in 1849. Revising the earlier work of Marco Mastrofini , or an even earlier proposal by "Hirossa Ap-Iccim" ( Hugh Jones ), Comte developed a solar calendar with 13 months of 28 days, and an additional festival day commemorating the dead, totalling 365 days.

  4. Baháʼí calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Baháʼí calendar used in the Baháʼí Faith is a solar calendar consisting of nineteen months and four or five intercalary days, with new year at the moment of Northern spring equinox. Each month is named after a virtue ( e.g. , Perfection, Mercy), as are the days of the week.

  5. Zoroastrian calendar - Wikipedia

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    Shows month view, year view, moon phases and 'Chaugadiyas'. The facility above is also available in Gujarati. A conversion tool for all three variant calendars, good for AD dates 1911–2030, also with ability to display Zoroastrian dates on a month-to-view page of the Gregorian calendar for 1911–1930.

  6. Jewish astrology - Wikipedia

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    To accurately determine the time in which each of the classical planets are in their respective line of duty, per hour, one must either have access to a printed lunar calendar showing the Jewish months, and know the precise starting point for each day and night, or else be familiar with the ever-changing aspects of the Jewish months, as the ...

  7. History of calendars - Wikipedia

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    The months of these calendars begin on the day with the new moon, with 12 or 13 months (lunations) in a year. The intercalary month is placed at the end of the year. In Qin China, the Qin calendar (simplified Chinese: 秦历; traditional Chinese: 秦曆) was introduced. It follows the rules of Zhuanxu's calendar, but the months order follows ...

  8. Cherokee calendar - Wikipedia

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    As such the 13-moon phase calendar was gradually replaced by a 12-month calendar. However, the months were still associated with ceremonies and are still practiced by traditional Cherokee today. Below is a list of months according to the Julian calendar followed by their Latin transliterated Kituwah and Overhill dialect name and then Cherokee ...

  9. The Shepheardes Calender - Wikipedia

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    The poem introduces Colin Clout, a folk character originated by John Skelton, and depicts his life as a shepherd through the twelve months of the year. The Calender encompasses considerable formal innovations, anticipating the even more virtuosic Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The "Old" Arcadia, 1580), the classic pastoral romance by Sir ...