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New in 1.9.0 • The Aztec calendar — the tenth tradition: the 260-day Tonalpohualli, the 365-day year and its feasts, year bearers and the 52-year bundle • New Pro Journey: The Binding of the Years — bind 52 years and light the New Fire • Your Aztec day sign on the Cosmic Birth Certificate (Pro) • Each tradition's symbol now in its own colour; a brighter, more compact Today screen • Small fixes
Your day in 10 ancient calendars, with the real moon, festivals and night sky
Ancient Calendars shows today through ten of humanity’s great ways of counting time — Maya, Aztec, Egyptian, Celtic, Hebrew, Islamic, Christian, Chinese, Hindu and Ethiopian — side by side, with the real moon and sky above them. Every date is calculated, not copied from a table: true moon phases, Chinese and Hindu leap months, Easter for East and West, Umm al-Qura Hijri dates, and festivals worked out for any year. Everything is fact-checked and respectfully told. FREE TO EXPLORE • Today in all ten calendars at a glance, with the meaning of the day • Festivals and holy days, with gentle reminders • The Moon — drag through time to watch the phases change, with moonrise and moonset for your city • Tonight’s Sky — the planets and bright stars visible from your city tonight • Sky Events — the next eclipses, supermoons and meteor showers • Three Journeys — hands-on stories for the Maya, Egyptian and Celtic calendars: turn the Maya gears, watch Egypt’s wandering year drift past the rising of Sirius, read the Coligny tablet • Cosmic Birth Certificate — the real moon on the night you were born, and your date in the Celtic, Christian, Hebrew, Islamic and Chinese calendars • Date converter and My Dates: birthdays in other calendars, with reminders • Calendar and Moon home-screen widgets • Living animated scenes for each tradition; share beautiful image cards ANCIENT CALENDARS PRO — one-time unlock, no subscription • All ten Journeys and the full Passport: light the Hanukkah candles night by night, sight the new crescent at sunset, work out Easter yourself, and more • The interactive sky chart — point your phone at the sky and see the stars, planets and Moon by name • Every sky event and the ancient alignments: watch the sun enter Newgrange, Stonehenge and Abu Simbel • The complete Cosmic Birth Certificate: all ten traditions, what each one says about your day, and full-resolution saving • Pro widgets: “Today across the calendars”, widget styles and a calendar of your choice per widget • Every future Pro feature included Using the app before Pro arrived? You’re a Founder — Pro is yours, free, with thanks. THE TEN TRADITIONS 🌽 Maya — the 260-day Tzolk’in, the Haab’ and the Long Count ☀ Aztec — the 260-day tōnalpōhualli, the 365-day year and the 52-year bundle ☥ Egyptian — the 365-day civil year and the rising of Sirius 🌿 Celtic — the Coligny calendar and the great fire festivals ✡ Hebrew — the lunisolar calendar, Shabbat and the holy days 🌙 Islamic — the Hijri months, Ramadan and the Eids ✝ Christian — the church year, its seasons and saints’ days 🐲 Chinese — the lunisolar year, solar terms and the sixty-year cycle 🪔 Hindu — the panchang: tithis, nakshatras and festivals 🦁 Ethiopian — thirteen months, still kept in Ethiopia today No ads and no tracking. Tips are always welcome too.