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THE

FOREIGN CALENDAR

FOR THE YEAR 1864.

SHOWING THE CORRESPONDING DATES ACCORDING TO THE VARIOUS MODES OF BECKONING TIME AMONG THE ENGLISH, CHINESE, Japanese, JEWS, MAHOMEDANS, and Parsees.

For the Year of Christ,

Tung-Chih,

"

""

Bunkiou,

Yezdezerd, or Nowroz..

Hijree,.........

""

Fuslee,

"

"9

Soor Sun,

""

Jewish Era, .........

.1864

...3-4

·.4-5

1233-34 ...1280-81 1273-74

...1264-65 .5624-25

INTRODUCTION.

The only explanation which is conceived necessary to render the scheme of the fol- lowing Calendar fully understood, is that the Christian months indicated at the top of each page divide the Native months as they appear represented in the space below allotted to their names. January, for example, partakes of the Chinese 11th and 12th Moons; Japanese months Jiu-itchi-gwats and Jiu-ni-gwats; the Jewish months Tebet and Sh’bat; the Mahomedan months Rajab and Shaban; the Parsee months (Shaenshoyee) Teer and Amurdad; (Kudmee) Amurdad and Sharaver; and the date of Nowroz 130 to 160.

In the respective columns 1st of January corresponds with the 22nd of the 11th Moon (Chinese); the 22nd of Jiu-itchi-gwats (Japanese); the 22nd of Tebet (Jewish); the 20th of Rajab. (Mahomedan); the 10th of Teer (Shaenshoyee) the 10th of Amurdad (Kud- mee); and the 130th day of Kuḍmee, or Nowroz; and so on throughout the year.

CHINESE.-The Chinese Cycle of sixty years commences with the sixty-first year. of the Emperor Hwang-ti, or 2637 years before Christ. The Chinese year is Juni-solar, comprising twelve lunar months, to which an intercalary month is added when requisite