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Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.
The year 604, when the Japanese officially adopted the Chinese calendar, was the first year of the cycle. ... Feb 15 1991 – Feb 03 1992 9: Feb 07 1932 – Jan 25 1933:
The 19-year cycle used for the lunar calendar required revision because the astronomical new moon was, ... (1991). "The tropical calendar and solar year".
The calendar follows a 60-year cycle that is also very ancient and is observed by most traditional calendars of India and China. This is related to 5 12-year revolutions of Jupiter around the Sun and one that adds up to 60 years and the orbit of Nakshatras (stars) as described in the Surya Siddhanta.
A lunisolar calendar was found at Warren Field in Scotland and has been dated to c. 8000 BC, during the Mesolithic period. [2] [3] Some scholars argue for lunar calendars still earlier—Rappenglück in the marks on a c. 17,000 year-old cave painting at Lascaux and Marshack in the marks on a c. 27,000 year-old bone baton—but their findings remain controversial.
The Gregorian calendar year, which is in use as civil calendar in most of the world, begins on January 1 and ends on December 31. [1] It has a length of 365 days in an ordinary year but, in order to reconcile the calendar year with the astronomical cycle, it has 366 days in a leap year. With 97 leap years every 400 years, the Gregorian calendar ...
33-year cycle [11] Solar Hijri year Gregorian year Solar Hijri year Gregorian year 1: 1354* 21 March 1975 – 20 March 1976: 1387* 20 March 2008 – 20 March 2009 2: 1355: 21 March 1976 – 20 March 1977: 1388: 21 March 2009 – 20 March 2010 3: 1356: 21 March 1977 – 20 March 1978: 1389: 21 March 2010 – 20 March 2011 4: 1357: 21 March 1978 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. 1991 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise, from top left: A destroyed Serbian T-55 tank during the Croatian War of Independence, the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars ; the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, the second ...