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cal·en·dar
(kăl′ən-dər)
2. A table showing the months, weeks, and days in at least one specific year.
3. A schedule of events.
4. An ordered list of matters to be considered: the bills on a legislative calendar.
5. Chiefly British A catalog of a university.
THREE PRINCIPAL CALENDARS
The Gregorian calendar is now in use as the civil calendar throughout most of the world. The Jewish calendar is the official calendar of the Jewish religious community. The Islamic calendar is the official calendar in many Muslim countries. Each calendar listed below begins with the first month of the year and includes the number of days each month contains. Many months have a variable number of days, as described below.
| GREGORIAN | JEWISH | ISLAMIC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, is a corrected form of the Julian calendar. It is based on a solar year of 365 days. Every fourth year is a leap year of 366 days except for centenary years not evenly divisible by 400. | The Jewish year consists of twelve months defined by lunar cycles, with some years having a thirteenth month so that seasonal festivals stay aligned with the solar year. For religious purposes Nisan is the first month, but the New Year is celebrated in Tishri. | The Islamic calendar is based on the lunar year and contains 354 or 355 days. The number of days in each month varies with the lunar cycle. The beginning of the year retrogresses through the solar year, completing a full cycle every 32.5 years. | ||||
| Months | Number of Days | Months | Number of Days | Months | Number of Days | |
| January | 31 | Nisan | (Mar-Apr) | 30 | Muharram | 29 or 30 |
| February | 28 or 29 | Iyar | (Apr-May) | 29 | Safar | 29 or 30 |
| March | 31 | Sivan | (May-Jun) | 30 | Rabi I | 29 or 30 |
| April | 30 | Tammuz | (Jun-Jul) | 29 | Rabi II | 29 or 30 |
| May | 31 | Av | (Jul-Aug) | 30 | Jumada I | 29 or 30 |
| June | 30 | Elul | (Aug-Sep) | 29 | Jumada II | 29 or 30 |
| July | 31 | Tishri | (Sep-Oct) | 30 | Rajab | 29 or 30 |
| August | 31 | Heshvan | (Oct-Nov) | 29 or 30 | Shaʔban | 29 or 30 |
| September | 30 | Kislev | (Nov-Dec) | 29 or 30 | Ramadan | 29 or 30 |
| October | 31 | Tevet | (Dec-Jan) | 29 | Shawwal | 29 or 30 |
| November | 30 | Shevat | (Jan-Feb) | 30 | Dhu’l-Qa’dah | 29 or 30 |
| December | 31 | Adar | (Feb-Mar) | 29 or 30 | Dhu’l-Hijjah | 29 or 30 |
| Adar Sheni | (leap year only) | 29 | ||||
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calendar
(ˈkælɪndə)
3. a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc
[C13: via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends, when interest on debts became due]
calendrical, caˈlendric adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
cal•en•dar
(ˈkæl ən dər) n.
1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year.
2. any of various systems of reckoning time, esp. with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year, as the Gregorian calendar or the Julian calendar.
3. a list or register, esp. one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, cases to be tried in court, or bills to be considered by a legislature.
4. Obs. a guide or example.
v.t. 5. to enter in a calendar; register.
ca•len•dri•cal (kəˈlɛn drɪ kəl) ca•len′dric, adj.
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Calendar
a flgure-of-eight-shaped scale, for showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for every day of the year. — analemmatic, adj.