- Calendar Studies
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Information about calendar history and calendar reform.
http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud.htm
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- Calendar, a History
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A history of the western calendar, including the Gregorian and Julian and Roman Calendars, and how the days of the week and months got their names, and a history of time.
http://users.commspeed.net/k6xf/calendar.htm
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- Date Algorithms
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Provides descriptions, proofs and computer programming implementation examples to convert dates to various calendar dates for Julian, Gregorian, and Rata Die calendars.
http://vsg.cape.com/~pbaum/date/date0.htm
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- Algebra - Fun with Calendars
Perform some mental "magic" tricks based on math and the calendar.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/calen.html
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- Aztec Calendar
Shows you the current date according to the sacred Aztec calendar. Gives a reading of the significance of the day and the relevant gods.
http://www.azteccalendar.com/
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- Calculate the Day of the Week
Shows a method to calculate the day of the week for any past or future date. Computer based methods are also shown.
http://www.quincunx.org/calendar/
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- Calendars Through the Ages
Discusses currently used and unused calendars such as Chinese, Christian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, Ethiopian, Balinese, Bahai, the French, Mayan, Roman, and some modern schemes for calendar reform. Includes timelines and all about how our week came into being.
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html
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- Calendars: Counting the Days
World Book Encyclopedia takes a look at calendars, including the history of calendars, and educational activities that relate to calendars.
http://www2.worldbook.com/features/features.asp?feature=calendars&page=html/calendars.htm&direct=no
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- Calendopaedia
All about calendars, different kinds, astronomical time, and how years are counted.
http://www.geocities.com/calendopaedia/
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- Cosmic Calendar
Imagine if the history of the universe, all 13 billion years of it, were put into just one year. What would that calendar look like? Carl Sagan, the famous astronomer, made this one.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/itsawesome/cosmiccalendar/page2.html
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- Counting the Days
World Book Encyclopedia takes a look at calendars, including the history of calendars, and educational activities that relate to calendars.
http://www2.worldbook.com/wc/features/calendars/html/
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- Counting: Calendars and Cords
A look at the methods ancient civilizations used to keep track of time.
http://www.mcdougallittell.com/whist/netact/U4/U4frame.htm
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- Ethiopian Calendar
Discusses which calendar Ethiopia uses and gives a list of the month's names and public holidays in Ethiopia.
http://ethio.com/calendar.html
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- History of the Calendar
How different parts of the world made different kinds of clocks based on where they lived and what kind of weather they had to predict.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0002061.html
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- Indian Moons
A list of many American Indian tribe's names for months, days, and other calendar related information.
http://americanindian.net/moons.html
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- Japanese Calendar
Converts Japanese to Western calendar dates.
http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese_calendar.asp
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- Leap Year
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Illinois explains leap year.
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/700-799/nb745.htm
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- Phase of the Moon
Calendar showing the phase of the moon for this month or a month/year of your choice.
http://www.googol.com/moon/
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- Regional Islamic Calendar
The months of the Islamic calendar and when they occur in the Americas, Europe-Africa-Asia, and Asia-Pacific.
http://www.ummah.com/ildl/zone3/
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- Religious Calendars and Holy Days
Explanations of the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Bahai, and Wiccan calendars. Also includes a list of holidays associated with these calendars.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/main_day.htm
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- Royal Observatory at Greenwich - Leap Years
Learn why we have leap years.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.349
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- Several Calendars
Learn some basic information about the Egyptian, Roman, Gregorian, Mayan, Islamic, Jewish, and Julian calendars. Also learn how to calculate Easter.
http://www.ortelius.de/kalender/idx_en.html
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- The Ancient Calendar
The ancient calendar, its origin, problems, and development, plus a look at the names of days of the week
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa100797.htm
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- The Current Calendar System
Learn about our current calendar, daylight saving time, old clocks, new and atomic clocks, and when the millennium begins.
http://www.timechange.com/3m/
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- The French Revolutionary Calendar
Convert any date since 1792 to the Jacobin calendar, a calendar that came out of the French Revolution but was ultimately not permanently adopted.
http://www.windhorst.org/calendar/
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