Early Germanic calendarsThe early Germanic calendars were the regional calendars used among the early Germanic peoples before they adopted the Julian calendar in the Early Middle Ages. The calendars were an element of early Germanic culture. The Germanic peoples had names for the months that varied by region and dialect, but they were later replaced with local adaptations of the Julian month names.
YuleWinter festivalYule (Old English: ġēol, Old Norse: jól) is a winter festival and time of the year historically observed by heathenGermanic peoples that was later merged with the festival of Christmas during the process of Christianisation. The oldest accounts describe two Yule-months around the winter solstice in early, and sometimes explicitly heathen, Germanic calendars.
Christmas and holiday seasonChristmas and surrounding holiday periodThe Christmas season or the festive season, also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from November or December to early January incorporating Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The gift-giving associated with the season creates a peak season for the retail sector extending to the end of the period ("January sales").
Winter solsticeThe winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the Sun is at its lowest arc in the sky. In each polar region, there is continuous darkness or twilight around its winter solstice.
Julian calendarSolar calendar Today(at UTC+00)Saturday, 19 September 2026Julian6 September, AD 2026 (AM 7534)Other calendarsAkanMonomemeneArmenian1 Sahmi 1476AztecTititl 12, 6 XōchitlBabylonian6 Ululu, 2337 SEBalinese pawukonLuang, Pepet, Kajeng, Laba, Wage, Maulu, Saniscara of Parangbakat, Brahma, Gigis, DukaBengali4 Ashshin, BS 1433ChineseYang Fire Monkey・Root MansionDay 9, Month 8, Fire Horse Year(Bailu, 4 days until Qiufen)Common Era19 September 2026 CECoptic9 Thout, AM 1743Egyptian6 Mechir, 2775 NEEthiopian9 Maskaram, 2019 Amätä MəhrätFrench RepublicanLa Fête du Travail de l'Année 234 de la RépubliqueGregorian19 September, AD 2026Hebrew8 Tishrei, AM 5787HinduMūla・AyuṣmānSolar: 3 Āśvina, 1948 SELunisolar: Aṣṭamī, Śukla pakṣa of Bhādrapada, 2083 VERāudra・5127 KY・1,872,837IcelandicLaugardagur, 26 Tvímánuður 2026Islamic6 Rabi' al-thani, AH 1448(using tabular method)ISO week date2026-W38-6Japanese9 Hazuki, Reiwa 8(Hakuro, 4 days until Shūbun)Julian day2461303Korean9 Dakdal, 4359 DEMaya13.0.13.17.013 Chen, 6 AhauRomanante diem VIII Idus Septembres, MMDCCLXXIX AUCSolar Hijri28 Shahrivar, SH 1405Tibetan8 khrums, me pho rta2153 or 1772 or 1000[refresh] The Tusculum portrait of Julius Caesar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).
Old EnglishOld English (Englisc or Ænglisc, pronounced or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest attested form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature dates from the mid-7th century.
Lunisolar calendarA lunisolar calendar is a calendar that combines monthly lunar cycles with the solar year. As with all calendars which divide the year into months, there is an additional requirement that the year have a whole number of months (Moon cycles). The majority of years have twelve months but every second or third year is an embolismic year, which adds a thirteenth intercalary, embolismic, or leap month. Lunisolar calendars are found in many cultures.
JesusFirst-century Jewish preacher and religious leaderJesus (c. 6 to 4 BC – AD 30 or 33), also known as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and by various other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader in the Roman province of Judaea. He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most branches of Christianity consider Jesus the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah or Christ.
Old NorseNorth Germanic languageOld Norse was a North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia and in Norse settlements during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages (approximately the 8th–14th centuries).
Gregorian calendarInternationally accepted civil calendar
ScandinaviaScandinavia is a subregion of northern Europe that most commonly comprises Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, which share strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties. It may also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes part of northern Finland). In English usage, the term is also used as a synonym for the Nordic countries. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes included, due to their ethnolinguistic ties to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.ÞorriÞorri (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθɔrːɪ]) is the Icelandic name of the personification of frost or winter in Norse mythology, and also the name of the fourth winter month (mid January to mid February) in the Icelandic calendar.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.