The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47

Fixed and Moveable Festivals, Anniversaries, &c

Fixed and Moveable Festivals, Anniversaries, &c.

New Year's Day Jan. 1
Epiphany (*) Jan. 6
Septuagesima Feb. 9
Sexagesima Feb. 16
Quinquagesima Feb. 23
Ash Wednesday Feb. 23
St. David March 1
St. Patrick March 17
Annunciation (*) March 25
Palm Sunday April 6
Good Friday April 11
Easter Monday April 13
Low Sunday April 20
Rogation Sunday May 13
St. George May 21
Ascension Sunday (*) May 21
Queen Victoria—Birthday, 1819 May May 21
Whit Sunday June 1
Trinity Sunday June 8
Corpus Christi June 12
Queen Victoria—Accession June 20
Queen Victoria proclaimed June 21
St. John Baptist June 21
St. Peter and St. Paul (*) June 29
Dominion Day July 1
St. Michael Sept. 29
All Saints' Day (*) Nov. 1
Prince of Wales Birthday Nov. 9
St. Andrews Nov. 30
First Sunday in Advent Nov. 30
Conception of St. Mary Dec. 8
St Thomas Dec. 21
Christmas Day Dec. 25
St. John the Evangelist Dec. 27

The only legal holidays in the Province of Ontario are New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the Queen's Birthday, and any day set apart by proclamation.

In the Province of Quebec feasts and anniversaries marked with an asterisk (*) are also legal holidays; also days proclaimed for Thanksgiving.

The year 5610 of the Jewish Era commences on September 19, 1879.

The year 1236 of the Mohammedan Era commences on January 28, 1879.

The 43rd year of Queen Victoria's reign commences on June 20th, 1879.

The 13th year of the Dominion of Canada commences July 1, 1879.

The 104th year of the Independence of the United States commences July 4, 1879.

On pp. 6, 7, 8 of the Calendar are given the local civil times at which the upper limb of the sun appears to rise and set at a central station in lat. 45° N., and long, 4h. 46m. W, allowance for refraction having been applied to the true times of rising and setting.

The times of sunset in any latitude from lat. 42° to lat 50°, may be found with sufficient accuracy, by applying with their proper signs, the correction given in the following table.

The same corrections, with their signs changed, are applicable for finding the times of sunrise

Latitude. 42° 43° 44° 45° 46° 47° 48° 49° 50° m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. January 1—15............... +10 +7 +3 0—1—7—11—15—20 January 16—31............... 8 6 3 0 3 6 0 13 16 February 1—14........ 6 1 2 0 2 5 7 10 12 February 15—28............... 4 3 1 0 1 3 5 6 8 March 1—15............... 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 3 4 March 16—23............... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 March 21—31...............—1—1 0 0 0 +1 +1 +2 +1 April 1—15............... 3 2—1 0 +1 2 3 4 5 April 16—30............... 5 4 2 0 2 1 6 8 10 May 1—15............... 7 5 3 0 3 5 8 11 11 May 16—31............... 9 6 3 0 3 7 10 14 8 June 1—30............... 11 7 4 0 4 8 12 16 21 July 1—15............... 10 4 1 0 4 8 12 16 20 July 16—31............... 9 6 3 0 3 7 10 11 17 August 1—15................ 7 5 2 0 2 5 8 10 18 August 16—31............... 5 5 2 0 2 3 5 7 9 Sept. 1—15............... 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 Sept. 16—27............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 28—October 15...... +2 +1 +1 0—1—1—2—3—4 October 16—31............... 5 3 2 0 2 3 5 7 9 Nov. 1—15................ 7 5 3 0 3 5 8 11 14 Nov. 16—30............... 9 6 3 0 3 7 10 14 17 Dec. 1—31............... 1 7 4 0 4 8 12 16 21 Latitude............... 42° 43° 44° 45° 46° 47° 48° 49° 50°