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TOPIC – CALENDER

(PT-2)
BY – AVANI, GAURIKA, EKANSH, ARMAAN, DAYYAN & ADITYA
WHAT IS A CALENDAR?
A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done
by giving names to periods, typically days, weeks,
months, and years. an arrangement of time into days,
weeks, months, and years. A calendar is a chart showing
a year’s days, weeks, and months. : a list of items in
proper order.
WHY SEVEN DAYS IN A WEEK AND NOT MORE?
THE EARLIEST RECORD OF A SEVEN-DAY WEEK DATES BACK TO 600 BCE ANCIENT
BABYLON, WHERE A HOLY DAY WAS CELEBRATED EVERY SEVEN DAYS STARTING
WITH A NEW MOON. THIS PERIOD OF DAYS CORRESPONDS TO THE MAIN PHASES OF
THE MOON WITH EACH QUARTER FALLING ROUGHLY SEVEN DAYS APART, OR EVERY
7.3825 DAYS.
HOW DOES A LEAP YEAR OCCUR?
It takes approximately 365.25 days for Earth to orbit the
Sun — a solar year. We usually round the days in a calendar
year to 365. To make up for the missing partial day, we add
one day to our calendar approximately every four years.
ORIGIN OF NAMES OF THE
MONTHS
 JANUARY: NAMED AFTER JANUS
 FEBRUARY: IN HONOR OF FEBRUUS
 MARCH: NAMED AFTER MARS
 APRIL NAMED AFTER APHRODITE
 MAY NAMED AFTER MAIA
 JUNE: NAMED AFTER JUNO
 JULY: NAMED AFTER JULIUS CAESAR
 AUGUST: NAMED AFTER AUGUSTUS CAESAR
 SEPTEMBER: FROM THE LATIN FOR SEVEN
 OCTOBER: FROM THE LATIN FOR EIGHT
 NOVEMBER: FROM THE LATIN FOR NINE
 DECEMBER: FROM THE LATIN FOR TEN
A FEW INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE CALENDAR
 ANCIENTS USED PHASES OF MOON TO MEASURE TIME. ...
 EGYPTIAN YEAR BEGAN WHEN SIRIUS ROSE WITH THE SUN. ...
 MAYAN CALENDAR MORE ACCURATE THAN OUR GREGORIAN SYSTEM. ...
 JULIAN CALENDAR OUT BY 11½ MINUTES A YEAR. ...
 GREGORIAN CALENDAR ACCURATE TO 26 SECONDS A YEAR
 BC/AD SYSTEM INTRODUCED IN 525 AD'
 7: CHINESE CALENDAR YEARS NAMED AFTER ZODIAC ANIMAL

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