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Calendars - Keeping Track of the Days! What's Your Schedule?

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Calendars--How's Your Time Coming Along? Any Important Dates? Welcome to the YEAR OF THE DRAGON!

<---- Well, for the "Year of the Dragon, 2012", a photo of a Komodo Dragon might be sort of applicable, right?

We can track our days. The Ancients did this as well.

Maybe not in exact 24-hour periods, but they did. The Ancients measured their days and their months and their years through the stars--through astronomy and through their position on the earth (which affects how one observes the stars).

They measured things by the sunrise to sunrise being a day and the moon going through its phases being a moonth (uh, month). They kept many records and, based on their recorded observations, they tracked the passage of time. They noted the summer solstice (longest day of the year) and the winter solstice (the shortest day of the year). They noted that sometimes stars would appear high in the sky and sometimes they'd appear low over the horizon. They also noted that some stars stayed relatively still and were always near the same place in the sky no matter what season or time of the year and they noted that other astronomical bodies moved about--the "Wanderers"--or discovered many centuries and ages later to be "planets".

So... measuring our solar system and the stars in our galaxy and the other galaxies beyond became a way to help the ancients "tell time"--and, when thought about over many centuries became a "calendar" ... there were the Julian Calendars and the Gregorian Calendars.

So.... many moons ago, they came up with architectural wonders such as the pyramids of both Egypt and the New World, and other things such as Stonehenge in England or the Mayan temples in the Jungles of Central America--these structures could be used to accurately predict the arrival of the summer and winter solstices. The philosophers and priests of the ancient civilizations, who kept these records to themselves, were regarded as mystical and magical beings by the common folks who didn't think much about the stars and planets. With their highly accurate observations, the ancient priests could even begin to predict things such as solar and lunar eclipses, the tides, and the phases of the moon. These records were carved in stone, and later, put on papyrus, parchment, animal hides, and textiles.

And, now we come to the present. The calendar. We've got all the days listed. Some calendars show the phases of the moon. Some show the tides for your local region. Some show the seasons and the solstices. Browse through the variety presented here for more enlightenment. There are also books and resources to learn more about the passage of time and how it relates to astronomy and the universe.

Enjoy....

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Get Your Scheduling Together Here!

TIME TO GET A NEW CALENDAR. Get one for every room in your house. Get one for your office. Got a good start of selections here! Take a look and browse. But don't take too much time... because days go fast!

It's Hard To Schedule Things Without A Good Sense of Time!

Calendars that have pleasant images make schedule keeping pleasant, too.

When someone mentions something happening a few days from now or a few weeks from now or a few months from now (or even a few years from now), you can imagine it easier when you have a calendar in front of you. If you have a Day-Timer or a Franklin Planner or a Palm Pilot PDA (or the calendar option at the bottom right corner of your computer)... you can bring up a calendar to help you get the timing straight.

When the boss asks you to Schedule a Project, it helps to have a calendar that you can reference. If you have Microsoft Project, you can even schedule it down to a gnat's eyelash! (Although, where you will find a gnat at this time of the year--especially one that will loan you its eyelash--is beyond the scope of this tome!)

Anyway... the point is, it's good to have a calendar to help you plan your days and schedule your time. Whether it's paper or electronic is up to you. (However, with paper, you don't have to worry about your time being lost when the batteries die!)

Tropical Scenes -- A New One for Each Month!

Images for Your Cubicle by EditorDave!

Measuring Your Days -- With Images By Dave

Calendars from Around the World and Through the Ages...

Calendars and Their History: The Astronomical Basis for Time Measurement and Calendars.... cool stuff
The Calendar Zone: Lots of information on calendars!
Calendars Through The Ages: A very nice website with all sorts of calendar information...
The Daisho-Reki Japanese Calendar--A History: The Japanese Daisho-Reki Calendar... time measurement by the Japanese reckoning...
The Roman Calendar: Lots of info on the Roman Calendar...
The Russian Calendar: The Russian Calendar ... no, it isn't for those who are in a hurry... (Just kidding!)
The Thirteen-month Calendar: Be careful on the Thirteenth month. (Maybe that's why they cut it back down to only 12?)
The Biblical Calendar of History...: Well... you have B.C. and A.D. .... and there's more!
The Chinese Calendar Reform History: All sorts of characters in these calendars.... interesting background on the Chinese zodiac (based on astronomy and the seasons for determining the years, months, and days)
History of Chinese Calendar: Learn about the Ten Celestial Stems and the Twelve Terrestrial Branches.... and you can learn the calligraphy to go with them as well!
The Aztec Calendar: An excellent website with all sorts of archeological and historical information on the Aztec calendar.
Mayan-Gregorian Calendar Conversion Tools: Compilation of conversion tools for the Mayan and Gregorian calendars.
The Mayan Civilization and Calendar: Website with bunches of information on the Mayan civilization and their calendar.
The Egyptian Calendar: The pyramids had to be built on schedule... and this is the calendar they used to plan them.
GraphicFetish Blog Post about Unique Calender Concepts: This interesting blog post presents some photos of unique calendar concepts--maybe these will give you some ideas for keeping track of your time!

More Measuring Your Days -- With Images By Dave

Calendars - Keeping Track of the Days! What's Your Schedule?

Calendars--How's Your Time Coming Along? Any Important Dates? Welcome to the YEAR OF THE DRAGON!

Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance

More Images from EditorDave!

Get Your Scheduling Together Here!

It's Hard To Schedule Things Without A Good Sense of Time!

Tropical Scenes -- A New One for Each Month!

Images for Your Cubicle by EditorDave!

Measuring Your Days -- With Images By Dave

Calendars from Around the World and Through the Ages...

More Measuring Your Days -- With Images By Dave

Even More Measuring Your Days -- With Images By Dave

New Calendars for the Upcoming New Year! Yeeehaw! Catch Those Days!

Mayan Calendar, Aztec Calendar, Gregorian Calendar--Lots of Interesting Information!

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