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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64
Chapman's New Zealand Almanac. — Principal Articles of the Calendar, 1881
Chapman's New Zealand Almanac.
Principal Articles of the Calendar, 1881.
| Mean Obliquity of the Ecliptic, January Ist | = 23° 27′ 17″ |
| Semidiameter of the Sun at the Earth's Mean Distance | = 16′ 1″.82 |
| Golden Number | 1 |
| Epact | 30 |
| Solar Cycle | 14 |
| Dominical Letter | B |
| Roman Indiction | 9 |
| Julian Period | 6,594 |
| Colony of N. Z., 41st | Jan. 29 |
| Nelson, 39th | Feb. 1 |
| Septuagésima Sunday | Feb. 13 |
| Shrove Sunday | Feb. 27 |
| St David | Mar. 1 |
| Ash Wednesday | Mar. 2 |
| 1st Sunday in Lent | Mar. 6 |
| St. Patrick | Mar. 17 |
| Otago, 33rd | Mar. 23 |
| Lady Day | Mar. 25 |
| Taranaki, 40th | Mar. 30 |
| Palm Sunday | April 10 |
| Good Friday | April 15 |
| Easter Sunday | April 17 |
| St. George | April 23 |
| Low Sunday | April 24 |
| Rogation Sunday | May 22 |
| Queen Victoria's Birthday | May 24 |
| Ascension | May 26 |
| Whit Sunday | June 5 |
| Trinity Sunday | June 12 |
| Corpus Christi | June 16 |
| Accession of Q. Victoria | June 20 |
| St. John, Midwinter | June 24 |
| Auckland City, 41st | Sept. 19 |
| St. Michael | Sept. 29 |
| Hawke's Bay, 23rd | Nov. 1 |
| Marlborough, 21 st | Nov. 1 |
| Prince of Wales' Birthday | Nov. 9 |
| 1st Sunday in Advent | Nov. 27 |
| St. AnDrew | Nov. 30 |
| Canterbury, 31st | Dec. 17 |
| St. Thomas | Dec. 21 |
| Christmas | Dec. 25 |
The Jewish Year, 5642, begins on September 24.
The Turkish Month of Abstinence begins July 28.
The Mahommedan Era, 1299, begins November 23.
The Seasons.
- The Spring begins September 21
- The Summer begins December 21
- The Winter begins June 20
- The Autumn begins March 19
This year there will be two Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon, and a Transit of Mercury across the Sun's Disc.
A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, May 28, begins on the Earth—Generally, 9 24 a.m.; Greatest Eclipse, 11.27 a.m.; Ends, 1.31 p.m.
A Total Eclipse of the Moon, June 12—Beginning of Total Phase, 5.52 p.m.; Middle, 6.32 p.m.; Ends, 7.12 p.m.
An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, November 22—Begins, 1.51 a.m.; Ends generally, 6.27 a.m., in lat. 39° 5′ South.
A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, December 6—First Contact with Shadow, 3.6 a.m.; Middle, 4.47 a.m.; Last Contact, 6.28 a.m.
A Transit of Mercury across the Sun's Disc, November 8, 0.36 p.m.