Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction ix
4. BABYLONIAN CALENDAR 3
5. ERA OF NABONASSER 5
6. MACEDONIAN CALENDAR 8
7. SELEUCID CALENDAR AND ERA OF ANTIOCH 44
8. SELEUCID CALENDAR 44
9. SYRO-MACEDONIAN (GREEK) 47
10. ERA OF ANTIOCH (GREEK) 50
11. ERA OF ANTIOCH (SYRIAN) 52
12. THE OLYMPIAD ERA 54
13. OLYMPIC ERA 55
14. THE ERA OF THE ARMENIANS 67
15. ERA OF THE ARMENIANS 67
16. THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR 71
17. ISLAMIC CALENDAR 72
18. FASLI (SOOR SAN) 81
19. SOOR SAN CALENDAR 81
20. ZOROASTRIAN CALENDAR 96
21. ZOROASTERIAN CALENDAR 96
22. YEZDEZRED AND JELALI CALENDARS 108
23. YEZDEZRED CALENDAR 109
24. JELALI CALENDAR 117
25. AFRICA 123
26. EGYPT 126
27. COPTIC CALENDAR 127
28. ETHIOPIAN CALENDAR 137
29. MODERN NEAR EAST 149
30. IRAN 151
31. IRANIAN SOLAR HEGIRA 166
32. AFGHANISTAN 167
33. INDIA 169
34. INDIAN CALENDARS 171
35. SOUTHEAST ASIA 187
36. SOUTHEAST ASIA 189
37. FAR EAST 213
38. THE CHINESE CALENDAR 215
39. CHINESE AND JAPANESE CALENDARS 218
40. TIBET 264
41. CENTRAL AMERICA 265
42. WESTERN CALENDARS 291
43. EARLY NORTHERN EUROPEAN CALENDARS 293
44. JULIAN AND GREGORIAN CALENDARS 294
45. JULIAN AND GREGORIAN CALENDAR CONVERSIONS 295
46. CHRISTIAN ECCLESIASTICAL CALENDAR 317
47. THE ECCLESIASTICAL CALENDAR 329
48. THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY CALENDAR 376
49. SOVIET CALENDAR 377
50. NEW YEAR'S DAY 377
51. Index 381