The rare date Feb. 29 is coming up − and though it only crops up every four years, it is indeed real. But what about Feb. 30 or March 32? Sorry, folks. Those are ...

"They had second thoughts and added a Double Leap Day in 1712 (February 29 and 30) to revert back to the old Julian system. They eventually switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1753," Bikos said.

After all, the Julian and this new Gregorian calendars are both solar calendars. When the Julian calendar was brought into effect in 45BC by Julius Caesar (hence its name), it was calculated ...

Metro has the answers. The Gregorian calendar we still use today was preceded by the Julian calendar, which in turn was preceded by the Roman republican calendar. The Julian calendar was used for ...

These graphics explain why Easter Sunday changes each year based on ancient interpretations of the solar and lunar cycles.

Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar, based upon Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is counted from midnight. The Kal Yug calendar of India is in its ...

This is evident in the riot that broke out after England switched from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar in 1752 and lost eleven days. On the surface, various calendars may seem very different ...

The Gregorian calendar was created to correct the Julian calendar’s drift against the solar year. As a result, the date of Easter depends on which calendar is used. Orthodox Easter falls ...

While the Gregorian calendar (introduced through Christianity ... calendar (a solar calendar based on the Egyptian and Julian calendars, consisting of 12 months of 30 days with a 13th month ...

Christmas is over, so why are 12 percent of the world’s Christians waiting until January 7 to celebrate? Orthodox Christmas is celebrated by approximately 260 million people worldwide, both in ...