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solar calendar

solar calendar: noun

A calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun, which defines the year. Dates indicate the position of the Earth during this revolution.

Solar calendar — A solar calendar is a calendar whose dates indicate the position of the earth on its revolution around the sun (or equivalently the apparent position of the sun moving on the celestial sphere).Tropical solar calendarsIf the position of the earth… … Wikipedia
solar calendar — ▪ chronology any dating system based on the seasonal year of approximately 365 1/4 days, the time it takes the Earth to revolve once around the Sun. The Egyptians (Egyptian calendar) appear to have been the first to develop a solar calendar … Universalium
Thai solar calendar — The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati ( th. สุริยคติ), has been the official and prevalent calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Chulalongkorn in 1888, although the Western calendar year is sometimes used in business, and quite often in … Wikipedia
Solar — means appertaining to the Sun, our planet s star. Solar also has other meanings. Related to energy * Active solar * Passive solar ** Passive solar building design * Solar cell, a device that directly creates electricity from solar energy * Solar… … Wikipedia
calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any … Universalium

Calendar — For other uses, see Calendar (disambiguation). For the Gregorian calendar for this year, see Common year starting on Saturday. A page from the Hindu calendar 1871–1872. A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial,… … Wikipedia
Calendar reform — A calendar reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar.Most calendars have several rules which could be altered by reform: * Grouping of days of the… … Wikipedia
Solar term — Chinese title=(Twenty four) solar terms t=(二十四)節氣 s=(二十四)节气 j=(ji6 sap6 sei3) zit3 hei3 poj=(jī si̍p sù) cheh khùi p=(èrshísì) jiéqì w=(erh shih hsi) chieh chi hiragana=(にじゅうし)せっき kanji=(二十四)節気 revhep=(nijūshi) sekki kunrei=(nizyûsi) sekki hangul … Wikipedia
Calendar era — A calendar era is the year numbering system used by a calendar. For example, the Gregorian calendar numbers its years in the Western Christian era (the Coptic and Ethiopic churches have their own Christian eras, see below). The instant, date, or… … Wikipedia
Solar cycle (calendar) — The solar cycle is a 28 year cycle of the Julian calendar with respect to the week. It occurs because leap years occur every 4 years and there are 7 possible days to start a leap year, making a 28 year sequence.This cycle also occurs in the… … Wikipedia