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Almanacs, calendars and time

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By Pip Wilson  

 

Lists of dedicated days, weeks and months (eg, National Tree Week, etc)  at CountMeInCalendar and The Daily Bleed (lists on first day of each month). 

On the dating of items in the Almanac  Translate this page  Find your birthday star  Daily Absolutely Everything  NNDB  I recommend
Calendar converter
 
List of international observances  Free Almanac screensavers  On this day  Lunabar  Dictionary
IMDB days  IMDB years  Wikipedia days  Wikipedia decades  Wikipedia centuries  Convert weights, measures, times, etc  Calendrica

Lunar phase info (pop-up)  Julian day calculator (pop-up)

 

Celtic Tree Calendar Months

(Articles evolving in the Book of Days;
tree mythology, folklore, quotes etc)

Beth  Birch  Dec 24* - Jan 20
Luis  Rowan  Jan 21 - Feb 17
Nuin/Nion  Ash Feb 18 - Mar 17
Fearn  Alder  Mar 18 - Apr 14
Saille  Willow  Apr 15 - May 12
Huath  Hawthorn  May 13 - Jun 9
Duir  Oak  Jun 10 - Jul 7
Tinne  Holly  Jul 8 - Aug 4
Coll  Hazel  Aug 5 - Sep 1
Muin  Vine  Sep 2 - 29
Gort  Ivy  Sep 30 - Oct 27
Ngetal  Reed  Oct 28 - Nov 24
Ruis  Elder  Nov 25 - Dec 22
Secret of the Unhewn Stone Dec 23

 

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The following useful list derives from the now defunct Wilson's Almanac Planet Directory. 


Abdicate - Jewish - Gregorian - Julian Calendar Converter

Almanack, The
The Almanack website hearkens back to the traditional paper almanacs used by farmers, gardeners and homesteaders for centuries. 

Anglo-Saxon calendar, Today's date in the
You will need your latitude and longitude, so click here for that.


AlternaTime
Browse the Past and some Futures... a collection of Timelines on the Web.

Aluna Joy Yaxk'in and Center of the Sun
This site is devoted to Maya, Inca, and Pleiadian Cosmology. They offer books, workshops, multimedia shows and sacred sites pilgrimages to the Maya and Inca lands ...

Aztec Calendar
Aztec Calendar. Shows you the current date according to the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar. Gives a reading of the significance of the day and the relevant gods.

Bill Hollon's Web Site
It's about time ... mainly calendars, and there's plenty of content.

Book of Days
Wilson's Almanac's 3.5 million words on everyone's birth date; what happened and how it was celebrated. Approximately 9,000 words average on everyone's birthday.


Book of Days
Not the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, but still worth a look.

Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Year
How to find Easter, etc.

Calendar and primitive almanacs
By Robert Chambers, 19th-century British almanackist.

Calendar convergence
Is December 23, 2012 TimeWave Zero? By JC Paulson.


Calendar Converter by Fourmilab
Like my favourite, Calendrica, Fourmilab's calendar converter allows you to convert dates in a variety of calendars, both civil and computer-related.

Calendar Home
One of the great calendar sites. Check out their Calendar Converter and cool Calendar Maker.

Calendar Magic
This is what it says it is. A brilliant, magic bit of free software for calendar conversions.

Calendar Mine
Provides accurate date information starting in 1583 up until the year 2500. Commercial product.

Calendar Time and Date
Huge list of links related to time and calendars.

Calendar Zone, The
Comprehensive categorized calendar catalog currently containing countless correlating connections and calzone recipes.

Calendars @ The Calendar Connection
Calendars, diaries, organizers, planners, palmtops, handhelds.

Calendars Through the Ages
Explore the fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars.

Calendars: A guide to locating events for each day of the year
A great site full of links on the subject.

CALENdeRsign
An interesting calendar site.

Calendric
Here you can make calendars for your website. Good for clubs. They also have software for links directories. (I haven't reviewed either.)

Calendrica
This is my favourite one-stop shop for comparison of today's date in many calendars ancient and modern.

Celestial Calendar
By Martha Washington. Inspired by the Cosmos and the "Harlequin Spirit", this unique handcrafted collectible calendar, is a fun way of keeping track of time.

Celestial Dynamics
Celestial calendars, calendrics, Mayan cosmos, energy fields. A commerical enterprise.

Robert Chambers, (Ed.), The Book of Days: A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, etc, W & R Chambers, London, 1881 (1879 Edition is online and 1869 edition here with CD-ROM available; See also The English Year: A Personal Selection from Chambers' Book of Days). I have Vol. I of the 1881 edition and would like to acquire Vol. II.

Chase's Calendar of Events
For about half a century, Chase's Calendar of Events has been the ultimate reference calendar. The Chase's Calendar lists more than 12,000 historical anniversaries, holidays, birthdays, and events that can. A commerical enterprise.

Clockbot from bloke.com
Here you can find all kinds of clocks.

Clocks, Time, Horology
This is an astounding collection of links on the subject of time, clocks, calendars, etc.

Cummings and Lucas
The History of the Western Calendar and Clock, Betsy's Flower Garden and Poetry, Poems, Sayings, and the poets biography, e.e. cummings, Kipling, Longfellow, Aesop, American Indian, also Ben Franklin.

Daily Absolutely Everything
The Almanac's own page of info and fun things for each day of the year.


Daily Celebrations
Calendar index of all celebrations, featuring celebration source and theme. Alphabetized comprehensive index of all celebrations, featuring last name of quotation source and celebration.

Dates in Women's History
A useful addition to the study of the calendar.

Decimal Time
This site examines decimal time, which is the measure of time using units related by powers of ten. This includes decimal time of day, decimal dates, computer time, metric time, the history of decimal time and various decimal time proposals.

Discordian Calendar
All heil Eris! Fnord.


Earth Calendar
Every day is a celebration. Every day, someone, somewhere is celebrating something. Find out more about holidays today and every day all over the world.

Easter, Determine the date of
My favourite quick was to find when Easter falls, or fell.


Elfin Magical Diary
Showing star signs, horoscopes, astrology, moon phases and the ephemeris of the celestial bodies detailed every day of the year. A commercial enterprise.

Encyclopedia of Days
Excellent resource on calendar customs.

Events Today
An 'on this day' events page.

Festivals and Events
USA only.

Festivals by Country
A big page at Wikipedia.

Gaudiya Vaishnava Calendar
Hindu festival dates.

Goatview Farm
An irreverent calendar of saints.

Goddess Calendar
The goddess calendar is not an ancient reality but a modern and arbitrary arrangement used by many Neopagans.

Gregorian Calendar
The Almanac's article on the origins of the calendar now used by most of the world.

Gregorian Calendar (2)
How do we keep track of time? When do we plant our crops, how do we know when to observe religious holidays? Societies need some way to keep track of time.

Hermetic Systems
Peter Meyer's remarkable website has a feast of information and software about calendars. See his Goddess Calendar.

Hone, William, The Every-Day Book, or a Guide to the Year, William Tegg and Co., London, 1878; 1825-26 edition online

Indian Moons, Days and Other Calendar Stuff
Names for the moon periods as per various American Indian tribes.

Interfaith Calendar
The Interfaith Calendar is a production of Morgen Krueger Ltd in Minnesota, USA.

localendar.com
Free calendar hosting for websites and personal use.

Lunabar
I use and highly recommend this freeware. "Lunabar puts a lunar almanack in your taskbar. It accurately shows the current phase of the moon, the times of moonrise, moon southing, and moonset, and the zodiacal constellation and sign. The phase, constellation or zodiacal sign is shown in a tooltip window when your mouse hovers over the icon."

Maya Calendar
This Maya Calendar website is developing with the intention of providing a complete view of Maya culture.

Mayan Calendar links
Really great page.

Mayan Prophecies, The
Mayan prophecies have an interest for calendar watchers.

Months, Names of the
Names of the months and moons in several cultures: Wiccan, Cherokee and others.

moonchart.co.uk
Moon Chart, showing the phases of the moon, including the zodiac path and other events; year and month views for easy comparisons.

Moonwise Calendar and Diary
Large format 13 month calendar, with by Catriona Stamp on the theme of pilgrimage in different traditions.

Multicultural Calendar
Are you committed to diversity in your workplace?

Mystic's Wheel of the Year, The
The Mystic's Wheel of the Year wall calendar reflects universal spiritual principles. It emphasizes deep ecumenism, deep ecology, and social justice.

New Millennium Calendar: Reform Campaign
Reform Campaign, for the New Millennium Calendar: Transforms work life systems: busts stress, boosts productivity; all calendar faults fixed and more.

NIST Physics Laboratory
Measurements and research for electronic, optical, time and frequency, and radiation technologies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Old Farmer's Almanac
The Old Farmer's Almanac is America's oldest source of weather, folklore, gardening and other information.

On This Day
The Almanac's fun addendum to the Book of Days.

One-World Global Calendar
Phoenix and Arabeth have for years produced one of the best such calendars. A multicultural educational resource.

Pepetronics Creative Software
Freeware available: Aztec Calendar Date Calculator, etc.

Qlock
Diana Schuetz writes: "Digital clocks for just about any city over 50,000 population. Can change the color, size and transparency. Dockable, so each clock can go in a different place, or put them all together in a bar somewhere on the desktop. Has multiple alarms and timers available for each city, as well as countdown capability. Also includes foreign currency exchange rate windows, if desired. Can attach "sticky notes" to clocks for notes and reminders. Amazing program I use all the time!"

Sacred Calendar
A calendar of the sacred days of the year, listing the dates on which many Pagan gods and goddesses from various cultures are honoured.

Samten Williams: Natural Time and Intuition
Articles, products, and services related to Natural Time and Intuition.

Stig's Sky Calendar
Use the Sky Calendar to keep yourself up to date on local and global sky events. It will display sunrise sunset, twilight etc.

Sundial on your ceiling
Throw away your clock! How to make a 'spotdial' on your ceiling for a dollar.


Sundials on the Internet
Sundials: projects, books, national societies, pictures, sundials you can commission or buy and sundial trails all over the world.

Sunrise Calendar, Sunset Calendar, Lunar Calendar, World Clock, and More
RAJE Software for Windows 95 98 NT Focus On Today Celestial Reminder Calendar Obtain sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, lunar phase, and the current local time for any place in the world.

Symbols For Days Of The Week
Alternatives to writing out a whole three letters as an abbreviation of the days of the week.

Time Service Department
The official source of time for the USA Department of Defense and the standard of time for the USA.

Time Zone Converter
Readily tell the time anywhere in the world using our frequently updated time zone database.

Today in Beatles History
Well-collected facts for Beatlers.

Today in History
Quite a good site.

Today's Calendar and Clock Page
This is so good. Too many links here to even begin!

Today's Date
Very cool: Douglas Zongker has today's date in Gregorian, Mayan, Islamic, Hebrew, even Discordian and many others.

Tzolk'in, Pacal Votan Society
The Dreamspell Calendar is a simplified version of the Mayan Calendar which in addition to keeping track of what day it is, provides us with information about natural cycles.

When Is
Dates of religious and civil holdays around the world. Thanks, Diana Schuetz, for recommending this one.

Windhorst's Mixed Bag
What do print collecting, Nixon, Anna Netrebko and the French Revolutionary calendar have in common?

World Time Server
Is there a better online clock? I'd love to know if there is!

Xoc Software
RVBA Conventions, Mayan calendar, et al.

Year Zero Campaign
With links to testimonials, news articles, the Year Zero calendar, FAQ, newsletters, and support registry.

Zoroastrian Religious Calendar
Zoroastrian Archives presents this site.

 

 

 

 

 

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