Calendars and Concepts of Time

Aztec Calendar (4) Greek Calendar (3) Babylonian Calendar (3) Indian Calendar (4) Chinese Calendar (1) Numerals of the Calendar Egyptian Calendar (2) Roman Calendar (10)

Intercalation

Intercalation is a term referring to insertion into a calendar.

A.D. Anno Domini A.D.

A.D. is a Latin abbreviation for Anno Domini.

Calendar

Births, deaths, festivals, and other significant events from antiquity -- approximately -- since we use a different calendar from the ones used by the Greeks and Egyptians, and a modified version of the one used by the Romans.
March was the first month of the ancient Roman religious calendar. The month of March was sacred to the god Mars, father of the founder of Rome, Romulus.

Jewish Calendar Months

Names of the months of the Jewish calendar.

Ides, Kalends, Nones, and Pridie

The terminology used to divide the month in three parts was based on the first three lunar phases.

Ancient Calendar

Your Guide's feature on the early calendar; problems of equating lunar with solar time.

Two Jewish New Years

The Hebrew calendar is different from the Gregorian in that it is lunisolar and honors both a religious and a secular new year.

The Calendar

Lists the names for the Chinese years, compares the months in the Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, and Hindu systems.

Calendars and Their History

By L. E. Doggett, reprinted from the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac.

A Walk Through Time

Ancient calendars, early clocks, and world time scales from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.