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  • Astronomical Time Keeping
    Extensive descriptions of many astronomical time keeping systems, with information on time zones and Julian day numbers.
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  • Blue Moon Myths
    Second full moon in a month, or third full moon in a single season?
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  • Calendar Conversions
    A handy tool for converting to and from various calendars, including the Jewish calendar and the French Republican calendar.
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  • Calendar Studies
    Articles on the Gregorian and Julian calendars, the ISO date format, the Julian day number system, the Maya calendar, the Goddess lunar calendar, the Liberalia Triday Calendar and C functions for date conversion; plus software for calendrical conversion.
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  • Calendars through the Ages
    History and FAQs of calendars, from ancient Rome to outer space. Including Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, and Mayan.
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  • Calendrical Calculations
    Published by Cambridge University Press. Gives a unified algorithmic presentation of the Gregorian, ISO, Julian, Coptic, Ethiopic, and Islamic civil calendars.
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  • Indian Moons
    A list of many American Indian tribe's names for months, days, and other calendar related information.
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  • Islamic Calendar
    Islamic months begin at sunset on the day of visual sighting of the lunar crescent. This site discusses the concept of the International Lunar Date Line and contains numerous maps of crescent visibility.
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  • Leap Seconds
    Civil time is occasionally adjusted by one second increments called leap seconds. A detailed explanation of what a second actually is, and why leap seconds are necessary.
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  • Lunisolar Calendar
    Calendar with lunations, from new moon to new moon, instead of months. Moon phase on each day. Chinese, Jewish, and Islamic months. Eclipses, meteors, planets, star charts. Christian, Pagan, Islamic, Hindu, and Jewish holidays.
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  • Maya Calendar 2000
    The calendar was the center of Maya life and their greatest cultural achievement. To carry out their astronomical calculations they developed a sophisticated mathematical system. The Maya Calendar website is developing with the intent of providing a complete view of Maya culture.
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  • Month Calendar for Any Year
    Create a calendar (requires JavaScript, does not work in Netscape 3). Month poetry, how the months got their names, day names in different languages, birthstones, gemstones, Roman gods and the blue moon.
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  • The Chinese Calendar
    The mathematics of the Chinese calendar. Explains the rules for the Chinese calendar.
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  • Time and Date
    Lots of time and date related information, such as yearly and monthly calendars, counters, countdown, and the world clock which shows the current time in cities all over the world.
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  • Time and Dates
    Information on date, time, and time zones from the New York Public Library.
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