Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Frontispieces
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Calendar Functions
- Abbreviations
- Mathematical Notations
- Preface
- Credits
- License and Limited Warranty and Remedy
- 1 Calendar Basics
- I Arithmetical Calendars
- II Astronomical Calendars
- 14 Time and Astronomy
- 15 The Persian Calendar
- 16 The Bahá’í Calendar
- 17 The French Revolutionary Calendar
- 18 Astronomical Lunar Calendars
- 19 The Chinese Calendar
- 20 The Modern Hindu Calendars
- 21 The Tibetan Calendar
- Coda
- III Appendices
- References
18 - Astronomical Lunar Calendars
from II - Astronomical Calendars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2018
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Frontispieces
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Calendar Functions
- Abbreviations
- Mathematical Notations
- Preface
- Credits
- License and Limited Warranty and Remedy
- 1 Calendar Basics
- I Arithmetical Calendars
- II Astronomical Calendars
- 14 Time and Astronomy
- 15 The Persian Calendar
- 16 The Bahá’í Calendar
- 17 The French Revolutionary Calendar
- 18 Astronomical Lunar Calendars
- 19 The Chinese Calendar
- 20 The Modern Hindu Calendars
- 21 The Tibetan Calendar
- Coda
- III Appendices
- References
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- Calendrical CalculationsThe Ultimate Edition, pp. 289 - 304Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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