Calendar

Religion

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar Hijri calendar, so it does not occur on a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar. Each year, fasting and worship take place during...

reference

Friday commonly denotes the fifth day of the week in the Gregorian calendar, positioned between Thursday and Saturday, and is widely recognized as the final weekday in many nati...

Evergreen

April sits at the midpoint of the fiscal third quarter for many organizations and central banks, making it a dependable window for earnings, policy reviews, and major project ro...

science

The December solstice is the moment the Sun reaches its southernmost declination, marking the longest night and shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the rever...

Culture and Society

Chinese New Year 2019 marked the beginning of the Year of the Pig in the Chinese lunar calendar, with public holidays observed primarily across Greater China and in diaspora com...

culture-and-tradition

The question ‘when was the first Friday the 13th’ is best understood as an inquiry into the first documented instance of this date aligning in modern record-keeping, not a s...

reference

December 21 is a date in the Gregorian calendar that occurs late in the year, typically between the 355th and 356th day, or the 356th in leap years. It is the final winter month...

dates-and-calendar

January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, marking 4 days of standard time after the New Year and 361 days remaining in a common year or 362 in a leap ye...

calendar

The next Friday the 13th after today is Friday, August 13, 2027 . Friday the 13th occurs when the 13th day of a month falls on a Friday, a calendar pattern that repeats in cycle...

astrology

Star sign dates appear to shift because two systems affect them: the modern Western zodiac based on fixed calendar dates, and the slowly moving constellations along the ecliptic...