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Calendar
 Time Periods  Days of the Week  Time Intervals   Chinese Calendar
 Hebrew Calendar  Mayan Calendar  Islaamic Calendar  Hindu Calendar
 Sporting Calendar      
 
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Periods of time
 
Millennium 1000 years Half-millennium 500 years
Century 100 years Half-century 50 years
Score 20 years Decade 10 years
Lustrum, half-decade 5 years Quadrennium or Olympiad 4 years
Triennium 3 years Biennium 2 years
Leap year 366 days Year 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days
Semester half a year, 6 months Trimester 3 months
Month 28-31 days Fortnight 2 weeks
Week 7 days Day 24 hours
Hour 60 minutes Minute 60 seconds
Second 1/60 minute Millisecond 10^-3 seconds
Microsecond 10^-6 seconds Nanosecond 10^-9 seconds
Picosecond 10^-12 seconds Femtosecond 10^-15 seconds
Attosecond 10^-18 seconds    

 
 
Kilosecond 16.67 minutes Megasecond 11.6 days
Gigasecond 31.7 years Terasecond 31,689 years

 

Days of the Week
 

Sunday sun day
Monday moon day
Tuesday Tiw’s day, god of battle
Wednesday Woden’s or Odin’s day, god of poetry and the dead
Thursday Thor’s day, god of thunder
Friday Frigg’s day, goddess of married love
Saturday Saturn’s day, god of fertility and agriculture

 

 Intervals of Time
 

Semidiurnal twice a day Diurnal daily
Biweekly twice a week or every two weeks Semiweekly twice a week
Weekly once a week Bimonthly twice a month or every two months
Triweekly three times a week or every three weeks Semimonthly twice a month
Monthly once a month Trimonthly every three months
Quarterly three times a year Biannual twice a year
Semiannual every six months Annual yearly
Perennial occurring year after year Biennial every 2 years
Triennial every 3 years Quadrennial every 4 years
Quinquennial every 5 years Sexennial every 6 years
Septennial every 7 years Octennial every 8 years
Novennial every 9 years Decennial every 10 years
Undecennial every 11 years Duodecennial every 12 years
Quindecennial every 15 years Vicennial every 20 years
Tricennial every 30 years Quadricennial every 40 years
Semicentennial every 50 years Centennial every 100 years
Sesquicentennial every 150 years Bicentennial every 200 years
Quadricentennial every 400 years Quincentennial every 500 years
Semimillennial every 500 years Millennial every 1000 years

 

 Chinese Calendar
 

1996 year of the rat 1997 year of the ox
1998 year of the tiger 1999 year of the hare
2000 year of the dragon 2001 year of the serpent/snake
2002 year of the horse 2003 year of the sheep
2004 year of the monkey 2005 year of the fowl/cock/rooster
2306 year of the dog 2007 year of the boar/pig

 

Hebrew Calendar
 

Tishri (September-October) Cheshvan or Heshvan
Kislev Teveth or Tebet
Shevat or Shebat Adar
(Veadar - 13th month in 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th year of a 19-year cycle)
Nisan Iyar
Sivan Tammuz
Av or Ab Elul (August/September)

 

Maya Calendar

Tzolkin: 260-day sacred year of a combination of the numbers 1-13 with 20 day names

Haab: solar year of 18 20-day months (numbered 0-19) followed by a 5-day unlucky period
 

Series of cycles: Uinal (20 days)
Tun (360 days) Katun (7,200 days)
Baktun (144,000 days) Alautun (23,040,000,000 days)

 

Islamic Calendar

(lunar based - movable in reference to Gregorian calendar)
 

Muharram Safar or Saphar
Rabi I or Rabia I Rabi II or Rabia II
Jumad I or Jomada I or Jumada I Jumad II or Jomada II or Jumada II
Rajab Sha’ban or Shaaban or Shaban
Ramadan (month of fasting) Shawwal
Dhul-Quada or Dulkaada or Dhu al-Qadah Dhul-Hijjah or Dulheggia or Dhu al-Hiijah

 

 Hindu Calendar
 

Chaitra or Caitra (March/April) Vaisakha
Jyestha or Jyaistha Ashadha or Asadha
(Dvitya Asadha, certain leap years) Sravana
(Dvitya Sravana, certain leap years) Bhadrapada
Asvina Karttika
Margasirsha or Margasirsa or Margasivsa Pausa or Pansa
Magha Phalguna (February or March)

 

Sporting Calendar (based on UK events)

January
 

Australian Open Tennis Five Nations Rugby Monte Carlo Rally
World Indoor Bowls AAA Indoor Championships American Football Superbowl

 

February
 

Five Nations Rugby Five Nations Rugby  

 

March
 

Five Nations Rugby Formula One starts English Badminton Championship
Champion Hurdle/Cheltenham Cheltenham Gold Cup Five Nations Rugby
Head of the River Ice Hockey Super League Final Rugby League Challenge Cup Semis

 

April
 

Grand National British Open Squash League Cup Final
The Boat Race Irish Grand National US Masters Golf
London Marathon World Snooker Championship Cricket Season starts
Whitbread Cup    

 

May
 

Rugby League Challenge Cup Final 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket
Kentucky Derby RU Pilkington Cup Final European Cup Winners Cup Final
British Open Golf FA Cup Final French Open Tennis
European Cup Final Indianapolis 500 Tour of Britain cycling

 

June
 

Cricket First Test The Oaks The Derby
US Open Golf Le Mans Royal Ascot
Cricket Second Test Henley Womens’ Regatta TT Races, Isle of Man
Wimbledon  Greyhound Derby Irish Derby
French Grand Prix Royal Show  

 

July
 

Henley Royal Regatta Cricket Third Test Tour de France
Royal International Horse Show B&H Cup Final Henley Royal Regatta
British Grand Prix National Swimming Championships Cricket Fourth Test
K George VI/Q Elizabeth II stakes British Open Golf Goodwood

 

August
 

Soccer season starts Cowes Week Cricket Fifth Test
Bisley US PGA Golf (Cricket Sixth Test)
US Open Tennis    

 

September
 

Natwest Trophy Final St Leger (Ryder Cup Golf)

 

October
 

Horse of the Year Show Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Cesarewitch
Baseball World Series Last Formula One Grand Prix  

 

November
 

Melboune Cup RAC Rally Hennessey Gold Cup

 

December
 

Sydney to Hobart race  

 
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