Sentence examples for civil year from inspiring English sources

During the Chou dynasty the civil year began with the new moon, which occurred before or on the day of the winter solstice.

The civil year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each, plus an additional 5 days called nemontemi and considered to be very unlucky.

Every 4 years the civil year advanced one day in relation to the solar year (with 3651/4 days), and after a cycle of about 1,460 years it would again agree with the solar calendar.

The Ch'in year was continuously used until 104 bc, when Emperor Han Wu Ti promulgated the T'ai-ch'u calendar by reverting to the Hsia cheng i.e., by taking the third month of the Chou year, or the second lunation after the winter solstice, as the first month of the civil year.

The civil year had 365 days and started in principle when Sirius, or the Dog Star also known in Greek as Sothis (Ancient Egyptian: Sopdet)—became visible above the horizon after a period of absence, which at that time occurred some weeks before the Nile began to rise for the inundation.

Definitive data are data that have been baseline-corrected and thoroughly checked; they are usually released a few months after the end of each civil year.

The indiction was reckoned from September 1, unlike the civil (consular) year, which began January 1. Roman Catholic popes until 1087 used the indictional year, generally reckoned from September 1, except in Italy after the 7th century, when indictional and civil years coincided.

Manufacturing, encouraged by the Civil War years, continued to grow.

"Side by side, they reinvented themselves in the grueling civil war years.

MADISON Madison Historical Society "Madison's Civil War Years: At Home and at Arms," artifacts.

He believes it was easier to organize for civil rights years ago.