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href="/calendar/what-is-a-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="What Is a Calendar?"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/stonehenge-solstice2.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="The Sun shining through the Stonehenge ancient monument." class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>What Is a Calendar?</h4><p class=card__text>Calendar definition and meaning: Solar and lunar, tropical and sidereal—why did humans invent calendars?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/gregorian-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Gregorian Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/messy-room.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Cluttered storage room with shelves of supplies and a calendar on the wall." class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Gregorian Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first adopted in 1582.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/julian-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Julian Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/julius-caesar-bust.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 title="Julius Caesar bust" alt="Ancient Roman General Julius Caesar" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Julian Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Julian calendar reformed the ancient Roman calendar and consists of three cycles of 365-day years followed by a 366-day leap year.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/hindu-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Hindu Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/holi-india.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Photo of a dancing man, covered in colorful powder" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Hindu Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>Hindus use this calendar to determine the dates of festivals.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/buddhist-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Buddhist Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/magha-puja-buddhist.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Illustration image" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Buddhist Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>Buddhists use a lunisolar calendar system. How does it work?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/islamic-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Islamic Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/crescent-moon-waxing.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="A Waxing Crescent Moon in the evening." class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Islamic Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>Muslims around the world use the Hijri calendar. How does it work?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/jewish-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Jewish Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/torah-scroll.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Torah scroll" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Jewish Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>Jews use the Hebrew calendar to set the dates of religious events.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/persian-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Persian Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/tomb-omar-khayyam.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Illustration image" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Persian Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Persian Solar Hijri calendar is extremely accurate. Find out why.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/about-chinese.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Chinese Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/chinese-calendar-new-year.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Chinese lions dance to the firecrackers in Chinatown of Washington D.C. for the annual Chinese New Year celebration." class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Chinese Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Chinese calendar is one of the oldest calendars still in use.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/bahai-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Baháʼí Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/bahai-temple.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="The Shrine of the Bab in Haifa, Israel" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Baháʼí Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Badi calendar of the Bahai (Baháʼí ) religion features a year of nineteen months. How does the calendar system work?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/coptic-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Coptic Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/coptic-church.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Illustration image" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Coptic Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Coptic calendar is linked to the ancient Egyptian calendar and the Julian calendar. It is used in Egypt and in the Coptic Church. How does it work?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/ethiopia-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Ethiopian Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/ethiopian-church-calendar.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="The exterior of Ras Makkonen Selassie church in Harar, Ethiopia." class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Ethiopian Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Ethiopian calendar is similar to the Julian calendar.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/roman-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Roman Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/roman-calendar.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Illustration image" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Roman Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Roman calendar is is the grandfather of our modern calendar.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/mayan.html" class=card__link aria-label="How Does the Mayan Calendar Work?"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/istock-545593812.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Illustration image" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>How Does the Mayan Calendar Work?</h4><p class=card__text>The Maya calendar consists of a system of three interlacing calendars and almanacs which was used by several cultures in Central America.</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/revised-julian-calendar.html" class=card__link aria-label="The Revised Julian Calendar"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/american-orthodox-church.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 title="American flag flying next to an Orthodox church in Los Angeles, California USA." alt="Illustration image" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>The Revised Julian Calendar</h4><p class=card__text>The Revised Julian calendar is one of the most accurate calendar systems ever developed. How does it work, and why don't we use it?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html" class=card__link aria-label="Gregorian Calendar Reform: Why Are Some Dates Missing?"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/pope-gregory.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Bronze statue of Bolognese Pope Gregory XIII in Accursio Palace Bologna" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>Gregorian Calendar Reform: Why Are Some Dates Missing?</h4><p class=card__text>The Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582 in some countries. The US, Canada, and the UK changed in 1752. Why were some days skipped?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/maya-world-end.html" class=card__link aria-label="Did the Mayan Calendar Predict The End?"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/time-universe-6.jpg?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Real Earth Planet in yellow sun. Remodeled from real Earth NASA photo" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>Did the Mayan Calendar Predict The End?</h4><p class=card__text>The Mayan calendar ended one of its great cycles in December 2012, fuelling predictions about the end of the world on December 21, 2012 at 11:11(UTC).</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/months/" class=card__link aria-label="About the 12 Months"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/promo-card-about-12-months.png?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Illustration of the moon and earth in outer space." class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>About the 12 Months</h4><p class=card__text>Why are there 12 months? How long are they, and what do the month names mean?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/calendar/days/" class=card__link aria-label="About the 7 Days"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/promo-card-about-7-days.png?1" width=150 height=84 alt="Illustration of a hand about to rip of calendar a page. In the background there are calendar pages flowing in the air." class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>About the 7 Days</h4><p class=card__text>Why are there 7 days? How were the days named, and when does the week start?</p></section></a></article><article class="card card--list"><a href="/date/leapyear.html" class=card__link aria-label="What Is a Leap Year?"><div class=card__img-wrap><img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/150x84/leap-year-366-days.png?1" width=150 height=84 title="Leap Year 366 Days" alt="Typography Illustration showing the text Leap Year 366 days" class=card__img></div><section class=card__content><h4 class=card__title>What Is a Leap Year?</h4><p class=card__text>A leap year has 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365. 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