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Annus Novus Decimal Calendar
http://www.atlantium.org/calendaran.html ^pop
A proposal for a non-sectarian, culturally neutral calendar system.

Astro Portal - CalSKY
http://www.calsky.com/ ^pop
The worldwide interactive online astronomical/space calendar and calculator - for friends of astronomy, as well as astronomers.

Astronomical Time Keeping
http://www.maa.mhn.de/Scholar/times.html ^pop
Extensive descriptions of many astronomical time keeping systems, with information on time zones and Julian day numbers.

Astronomy by JavaScript: Sun Calculators and More
http://www.jgiesen.de/astro/astroJS/ ^pop
Applets related to calendars and keeping time, including sidererial time.

Blue Moon Myths
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bluemoon1.html ^pop
Second full moon in a month, or third full moon in a single season?

Calendar Studies
http://hermetic.nofadz.com/cal_stud.htm ^pop
Articles on the Gregorian and Julian calendars, the ISO date format, the Julian day number system, the Maya calendar, the Goddess lunar calendar, the Liberalia Triday Calendar and C functions for date conversion; plus software for calendrical conversion.

Calendopaedia
http://www.geocities.com/calendopaedia/ ^pop
The Encyclopaedia of Calendars.

LunarCal - A Perpetual Chinese Lunar Calendar
http://www.geocities.com/lunarcal ^pop
LunarCal is a 160-year perpetual Chinese Lunar Calendar for 1900 to 2060. Chinese festivals are listed and the moon phase is displayed.

Maya Calendar 2000
http://mayacalendar.com ^pop
The calendar was the center of Maya life and their greatest cultural achievement. To carry out their astronomical calculations they developed a sophisticated mathematical system. The Maya Calendar website is developing with the intent of providing a complete view of Maya culture.

Britannica.com - Clockworks: From Sundials to the Atomic Second
http://www.britannica.com/clockworks
Britannica.com explores the history of timekeeping, from sundials to cesium atomic clocks.

Calendars through the Ages
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
History and FAQs of calendars, from ancient Rome to outer space. Including Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, and Mayan.

Calendrical Calculations
http://emr.cs.uiuc.edu/home/reingold/calendar-book/index.shtml
Published by Cambridge University Press. Gives a unified algorithmic presentation of the Gregorian, ISO, Julian, Coptic, Ethiopic, and Islamic civil calendars.

Indian Moons
http://www.americanindian.net/moons.html
A list of many American Indian tribe's names for months, days, and other calendar related information.

Leap Seconds
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html
Civil time is occasionally adjusted by one second increments called leap seconds. A detailed explanation of what a second actually is, and why leap seconds are necessary.

Lunisolar Calendar
http://www.pburch.net/lunarcal.html
Lunar calendar with lunations, from new moon to new moon, instead of months. Moon phase on each day. Chinese, Jewish, and Islamic months. Eclipses, meteors, planets, star charts. Christian, Pagan, Islamic, Hindu, and Jewish holidays.

Millennium Mistake
http://www.millenniummistake.net/
Explains the difference between millenium and year 2000 as the absence of a year zero.

Rosetta Calendar
http://rosettacalendar.com/
An online handy tool for converting to and from the Gregorian, Julian and Jewish calendars.

The Calendar, Leap Years and the Year 2000
http://chemistry.csudh.edu/oliver/smt310-handouts/calendar.htm
An explanation of the calendar including the origin of the day, week, month and year.

The Chinese Calendar
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/calendar/chinese.shtml
The mathematics of the Chinese calendar. Explains the rules for the Chinese calendar.

The Difference Between the Millennium and Year 2000
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2000.html
Questions and answers to satisfy the hearts of true millennium buffs.

The Islamic Calendar
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/calendar/islamic.shtml
The mathematics of the Islamic calendar in Singapore.

Time and Date
http://www.timeanddate.com/
Lots of time and date related information, such as yearly and monthly calendars, counters, countdown, and the world clock which shows the current time in cities all over the world.

Time and Dates
http://www.circ.uab.edu/nypldr/1time/index.htm
Information on date, time, and time zones from the New York Public Library.

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