Difference between revisions of "Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Calendars-and-Clocks"

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This is a list of calendar and timekeeping around the world.

name	region	description
Gregorian calendar	world	365 or 366 days in a year The leap day is placed in the second month Days for months: 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 1 leap day every 4 years, except when the year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400
Chinese calendar	China	12 or 13 months in a year The month with winter solstice is the first month Leap month is the first month without a solar term of an even number 29 or 30 days in a month, determined by the moon phase New Moon is the first day of a month

name	region	description
common timekeeping	world	1 day is divided by 12 units ‘hour’ evenly 1 hour is divided by 60 units ‘minute’ evenly 1 minute is divided by 60 units ‘second’ evenly
Chinese timekeeping	China	1 day is divided by 12 units ‘時’ evenly 1 時 is divided into 2 parts: ‘初’, ‘正’ Every 初 and 正 is divided by 4 units ‘刻’ evenly

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 * 365 or 366 days in a year
-* days for months: 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31
+* The leap day is placed in the second month
-* 1 leap day every 4 years, except when the year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400; the leap day is placed in the second month
+* Days for months: 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31
+* 1 leap day every 4 years, except when the year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400
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 | Chinese calendar
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-* 12 or 13 months in a year; The month with winter solstice is the first month
+* 12 or 13 months in a year
-* 29 or 30 days in a month, determined by the moon phase; New Moon is the first day of a month
+* The month with winter solstice is the first month
-* 7 leap months every 19 years; Leap month is the first month without a solar term of an even number
+* Leap month is the first month without a solar term of an even number
+* 29 or 30 days in a month, determined by the moon phase
+* New Moon is the first day of a month
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