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  2. Babylonian calendar - Wikipedia

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    The lunation of 29 or 30 days basically contained three seven-day weeks, and a final week of eight or nine days inclusive, breaking the continuous seven-day cycle. [ 13 ]

  3. Names of the days of the week - Wikipedia

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    The seven-day week was adopted in early Christianity from the Hebrew calendar, and gradually replaced the Roman internundinum. [citation needed] Sunday remained the first day of the week, being considered the day of the sun god Sol Invictus and the Lord's Day, while the Jewish Sabbath remained the seventh.

  4. Week - Wikipedia

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    Friedrich Delitzsch and others suggested that the seven-day week being approximately a quarter of a lunation is the implicit astronomical origin of the seven-day week, [23] and indeed the Babylonian calendar used intercalary days to synchronize the last week of a month with the new moon. [24]

  5. Why are there seven days in a week? - AOL

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    Having seven days in a week has been the case for a very long time, and so people don’t often sto. Your calendar dates back to Babylonian times. Aleksandra Pikalova/Shutterstock.com Curious Kids ...

  6. Eight-day week - Wikipedia

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    The popularity of the seven-day rhythm won, and the eight-day week disappeared. The cycle of seven days – named for the sun, the moon, and the five planets visible to the naked eye – was already customary in the time of Justin Martyr, who wrote of the Christians meeting on the Day of the Sun (Sunday). [1] Emperor Constantine eventually ...

  7. List of calendars - Wikipedia

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    Combined with the regular 7-day week, they make up a 35-day cycle for wetonan, the Javanese astrology used to determine marriage compatibility, luck, personality, etc. Discordian: 5 days: Akan: 6 days: A traditional "six-day week" which combined with the Gregorian seven-day week gave rise to a 42-day cycle. Ancient Rome: 8 days: The Roman ...

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