Interesting calendars
A list of other interesting calanders
- Indian national calendar – Wikipedia
The best calculated solar calendar in actual use, following the Gregorian leap year rule.
Starts about the vernal equinox.
1 Chaitra falling on 22 March normally and on 21 March in leap year.
First month is 30 or 31 days, followed by 5 months of 31 days, then 6 months of 30 days.Weeks begin on Sunday and and end on Saturday. - Solar Hijri calendar – Wikipedia
The best observational solar calendar in actual use, so a 5 year leap interval after six or seven 4 year leap intervals.
Starts on the observed vernal equinox.
6 months of 31 days, 5 months of 30, and then a 29/30 day month.
Weeks begin on Saturday and end on Friday. - Leap week calendar – Wikipedia – good summary of advantages and disadvantages.
- Leap Week Calendars (hermetic.ch) – explanations of possible leap week cycles.
- The Medieval Calendar within a Deck of Playing Cards (archive.org)
It’s a truly beautiful illustration of the Julian calendar. Each playing card represents one of 52 weeks (4×13), and the jokers represent an extra day. - Karl Palmen’s Playing Card Calendar (hermetic.ch)
As above, but joker for leap week. - Types of Calendar (hermetic.ch) – classifications of calendars as
lunar, solarm lunisolar, solilunar, lunistellar and others;
based on rules, astronomical observation or astronomical calculation. - Calendars New and Old (hermetic.ch) a variety of otehr invented calendars.