66 Being the latter part of the 69th, and the beginning of the 70th, year of the Independence of the United States of America; the 6558th year of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 5605th and the beginning of the 5606th, year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2598th year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome; the 2592d year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday, the 26th of February of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the as tronomers, to the 746th year, before the birth of Christ; the 2621st year of the Olympiads, or the first year of the 656th Olympiad, beginning in July, 1843, if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 7754 years before Christ, or at or about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 1260th, and the beginning of the 1261st year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet, which, as is generally supposed, took place on the 16th of July, in the year 662 of the Christian era. I. THE CALENDAR AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA FOR THE YEAR. SIGNS OF THE PLANETS, &c. Ceres. Vesta. # Jupiter. DO ( The Moon. Juno. h Saturn. g Mercury. Pallas. H Herschel or Uranus. f Venus. * A fixed star. o Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. o Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition, or 180° in ☆ The ascending, U the descending node. The sign + is prefixed to the latitude, or declination, of the Sun, or other heavenly body, when north, and the sign when south; but the former prefixed to the hourly motion of the Moon in latitude, indicates that she is approaching, and the latter that she is receding from, the north pole of the ecliptic. The letters M. A., m. a., denote Morning and Afternoon. CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. 6 Dominical Letter, E. Solar Cycle, Epact Roman Indiction, Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number, 3 Julian Period, 22 6558 h. m. S. Sun enters VI (Winter begins) 1844, Dec. 21st, 11 22 56 M. go (Spring 1845, March 20th, 0 35 32 A. | M. Time (Summer June 21st, 9 34 18 M. at - (Autumn Sept. 22d, 11 45 41 A. Wash'ton. v (Winter Dec. 21st, 5 18 54 A. 66 CG d. h. m. $. Sun in the Winter Signs 89 1 12 36 Spring 92 20 58 46 Summer 93 14 11 23 Autumn 89 17 33 13 " north of Equator, (Spring and Summer) 186 11 10 9 "south of Winter and Autumn) 178 18 45 49 Length of the tropical year, commencing at the winter solstice, 1843, and termi- 365 5 55 58 nating at the winter solstice, 1844, Mean or average length of the tropical year, 365 5 48 48 MOVABLE FESTIVALS OF THE CHURCH, IN 1845. Septuagesima Sunday, Jan. 19th | Rogation Sunday, Apr. 27th Quinq, or Shrove do. Feb. 2d Ascen. Day, or Holy Th. May 1st Ash Wed. Lent begins, 5th Whitsunday or Pentecost, 11th Mid Lent Sunday, Mar. 2d Trinity Sunday, 18th Palm do “ 16th Corpus Christi Day, 22d Easter do Fête Dieu, Low do “ 30th | Advent Sunday, Nov. 30th CG JEWISH CALENDAR. [The anniversaries marked with an asterisk (*) are to be strictly observed.] . 6 6 23, 66 66 . K Year. Names of the Months. 5605 Sebat begins Jan. 10, 1845. Feb. 9, Mar. 10, 22, 24, Apr. 8, 22, 23, 29, 25, June 6, 11, 12, Thammus begins July 6, 17th Fast for the taking of the Temple 22, Ab begins Aug. 4, 9th *Fast for the burning of the Temple 12, Elul begins Sept. 3, 5606 Tisri begins *Feast for the New Year 2d *Second Feast for the New Year 3, 5, 11, 17, |