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Chronological Cycles

Chronological signs, characteristic marks, and other unique church numbers found in old calendars, are now considered obsolete.

Golden number

In this 19-year lunar cycle, 235 phases of the moon alternate nearly perfectly.

Epacts

The Gregorian epact is a necessary prerequisite for calculating Easter Sunday.

Solar cycle

This solar cycle is composed of a continuously numbered series of 28 years, where all the years that form an identical match in week order are marked.

Dominical letter

To create the list of Dominical letters, a cycle was composed of the first seven letters of the alphabet (A - G).

Indiction

The indiction is a number indicating how many times a given year appears in the order of a fifteen-year long, constantly recurring cycle.