Topic Different kinds of Calendar

DIFFERENT KINDS OF CALENDAR

Calendars fall into three types, lunisolar, solar and lunar, besides calendars with "years" of fixed length. Most pre-modern calendars are lunisolar. The Islamic and some Buddhist calendars are lunar, while most modern calendars are solar, based on either the Julian or the Gregorian calendars.

The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days.

The first year was the Islamic year beginning in AD 622 during which was the emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina.

The Gregorian calendar, also called the Western calendar and the Christian calendar, is internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in October 1582.

The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar which reckons years, months and days according to astronomical phenomena. It is used for traditional activities in China and overseas Chinese communities. It determines the dates of traditional Chinese holidays, and guides Chinese people in selecting the luckiest days for weddings, funerals, moving, or beginning a business.