| Calenders
around the world
The
most widely used calender in the world in the year 2008
is the Gregorian calendar. This calender is the international
standard and is used in most countries for civil purposes.
Since it was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII in the year
1582 it has spread to non Christian countries like India
and China.
India also has a national calender, which is commonly
named the Hindu Calendar. This calender was introduced
in 1957 in order to provide a standard for all of Indies
provinces. Even so, many Indians in 2008 still use various
traditional calenders as well. China also still uses
a traditional calender, knows as the agricultural calender,
side by side with common Gregorian calender.
In parts of Eastern Europe members of the Orthodox church
use the Julian Calender. This calender preceded the
Gregorian and was used in the western world for 1,500
years.
In Iran and Afghanistan most use what is called the
Persian calender. Muslims around the world use the Islamic
calender. Ethiopia and Eritrea use the Ethiopic calender
as there principal system. In Thailand the years are
based on the traditional Buddhist Calender, but the
months and days are based on the Gregorian one.
The Jews also have there own calender - the Hebrew calender.
In Israel the Gregorian calender is used, but the Hebrew
calender is still used by the orthodox Jews. the national
holidays in the Jewish state are also determined by
the old traditional calender.
Many other calenders are also used around the world
for different purposes. some examples: The fiscal calender,
the astronomical year numbering system, as well as the
Japanese, Irish,Tibetan, Assyrian and Armenian calenders.
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