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APPENDIX
Time zones

The world is divided into 24 time
–2 –1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7
zones, measured in relation to 12 noon
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), on the
+4
Greenwich Meridian (0°). Time advances +7
by one hour for every 15° longitude east of –3 0 +1
Greenwich (and goes back one hour for +3
–1
every 15° west), but the system is adjusted
in line with administrative boundaries. +1
Numbers on the map indicate the number +2
of hours that must be added to, or
0
subtracted from UTC to calculate the time
+3
in each zone. Thus, the eastern United +4 +5 +6 +7 +8
States (–5) is 5 hours behind UTC.
0
+4
+1
TYPES OF CALENDAR +2
+6
GREGORIAN
The 365-day Gregorian calendar was -1 +4 +4 +5
introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 0 +2 +5
and is now in use throughout most of the -1 +8
1
1
Western world. Every four years (leap year) +3 / 2 +4 / 2
an extra day is added. Below are the names 0 +5 3 +6
+5 / 4
of the months (and number of days). +2
+3 1
January (31) July (31) 1 +6 +6 / 2
February (28, 29 in August (31) -1 0 +1 +5 / 2
leap years) September (30) +3 +7
March (31) October (31) –1
April (30) November 1
+5 / 2
May (31) December (31) +3
June (30)
0 0 0
JEWISH +7
The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar 0 +2 +4
adapted to the solar year. It normally has 12 1
+1 +6 / 2
months but in leap years, which occur seven 0
times in every cycle of 19 years, there are 13
months. The years are calculated from the +3
Creation (which is placed at 3761 BC); the
months are Nisan, Iyyar, Sivan, Thammuz,
Ab, Elul, Tishri, Hesvan, Kislev, Tebet, ATLANTIC +2 I N D I A N
Sebat, and Adar, with an intercalary month OCEAN O C E A N
(First Adar) being added in leap years.
0
MUSLIM 0
The Muslim calendar is based on a year of
12 months, each month beginning roughly Greenwich Meridian
at the time of the New Moon. The months +5 +5
are Muharram, Safar, Rabi’I, Rabi’II, Jumada
I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha’ban, Ramadan,
Shawwal, Dhu l-Qa’dah, and Dhu l-Hijja.
CHINESE
The Chinese calendar is a lunar calendar,
with a year consisting of 12 months. 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00
Intercalary months are added to keep the
calendar in step with the solar year of 365
days. Months are referred to by a number
within a year, but also by animal names
that, from ancient times, have been
attached to years and hours of the day.
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