- The
Sothic cycle or
Canicular period is a
period of 1,461 Egyptian
civil years of 365 days each or 1,460 Julian
years averaging 365+1⁄4 days each. During...
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sidereal year but over a
period called the "
Sothic year" (from "Sothis", the name for the star Sirius). The
Sothic year was
about a
minute longer than a Julian...
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become available.
Astronomical synchronisms. The best
known of
these is the
Sothic cycle, and
careful study of this led
Richard A.
Parker to
argue that the...
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recorded date
during the
reign of
Senusret III can be
correlated to the
Sothic cycle, consequently, many
events during this
dynasty frequently can be ****igned...
- away from the
ecliptic due
mainly to the
precession of the equinoxes. The
Sothic year is the
heliacal year, the
interval between heliacal risings, of the...
- the
solar year.
Sirius itself,
about 40°
below the ecliptic,
follows a
Sothic year
almost exactly matching that of the Sun, with its
reappearance now...
- 1,461
calendar years (see
Sothic cycle). Thus, the
Armenian year 1461 (Gregorian &
Julian 2011)
completed the
first Sothic cycle, and the
Armenian Calendar...
-
through the
entire solar year over the
course of two or
three 1460-year
Sothic cycles. The
early development of the
Christian liturgical year coincided...
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Byzantine era
Seleucid era Era of
Caesar (Iberia)
Before present Hijri Egyptian Sothic cycle Hindu units of time (Yuga)
Mesoamerican Long
Count Short Count Tzolk'in...
-
Decans measure sidereal time and the
solar year is six
hours longer; the
Sothic and
solar years in the
Egyptian calendar realign every 1460 years. Decans...
