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  2. Old Style and New Style dates - Wikipedia

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    The issue spans the changeover; the date heading reads: "From Tuesday September 1, O.S. to Saturday September 16, N.S. 1752". [1] Old Style ( O.S.) and New Style ( N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in ...

  3. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    Yes. Long formats: English: mmmm d, yyyy. DMY dates are also used occasionally, primarily by, but not limited to, government institutions such as on the data page of passports, and immigration and customs forms. Filipino: ika- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy [135] or a- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy. (Note: Month and year can be shortened.

  4. Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Gregorian calendar, like the Julian calendar, is a solar calendar with 12 months of 28–31 days each. The year in both calendars consists of 365 days, with a leap day being added to February in the leap years. The months and length of months in the Gregorian calendar are the same as for the Julian calendar.

  5. Ember months - Wikipedia

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    The Ember months are the last four months of the year (September, October, November, and December). The term is a neologism specific to Nigerians, derived from the common suffix '-ember' in the names of these months. [1] The Ember months are regarded as special seasons that are associated with various cultural, religious, social, and economic ...

  6. Equinox - Wikipedia

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    Equinox. A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and set "due west". This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.

  7. Buddhist calendar - Wikipedia

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    This 57-year cycle would provide a mean year of about 365.2456 days and a mean month of about 29.530496 days, if not corrected. As such, the calendar adds an intercalary month in leap years and sometimes also an intercalary day in great leap years. The intercalary month not only corrects the length of the year but also corrects the accumulating ...

  8. Hijri year - Wikipedia

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    Years prior to AH 1 are reckoned in English as BH ("Before the Hijrah"), which should follow the date. A year in the Islamic lunar calendar consists of twelve lunar months and has only 354 or 355 days in its year. Consequently, its New Year's Day occurs ten days earlier each year relative to the Gregorian calendar. The year 2024 CE corresponds ...

  9. New Year's Day - Wikipedia

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    In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January.Most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice, while cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at less fixed points relative to the solar year.