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Gregorian calendar

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The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.

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A calendar in general use in Western countries. It was introduced in 1582 A.D. as a revision to the Julian calendar.

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The Gregorian calendar is now the one in general use in most parts of the world.
Ngoku ikhalenda kaGregory yeyona isetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwimimandla emininzi yehlabathi.

The Gregorian calendar provides that centuries not divisible by 400 are not to be considered leap years.
Ikhalenda kaGregory imisela ukuba iinkulungwane ezingenakwahlulwahlulwa ngama-400 azinakugqalwa njengoonyakande.

Keep in mind, however, that January 7 on the Gregorian calendar is December 25 on the Julian calendar.
Noko ke, khumbula ukuba umhla kaJanuwari 7 kwikhalenda kaGregory nguDisemba 25 kwikhalenda kaJulius.

(b) Why is the Gregorian calendar more accurate?
(b) Kutheni ikhalenda kaGregory ichane ngakumbi?

The Gregorian calendar, which is now popular in much of the world, did not come into use until 1582.
Ikhalenda kaGregory, ngoku esetyenziswa kakhulu kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi, yaqala ukusetyenziswa ngowe-1582.

Thus, in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced a slight revision, instituting what is now known as the Gregorian calendar.
Ngaloo ndlela, ngowe-1582, uPopu Gregory XIII wenza nje inguqulelo engatheni, esungula oko ngoku kwaziwa ngokuba yikhalenda kaGregory.

Before the October 1917 revolution, Russia employed the older Julian calendar, but most countries had switched to the Gregorian calendar.
Ngaphambi kwemvukelo kaOktobha 1917, iRashiya yayisebenzisa ikhalenda endala kaJulius, ngoxa inkoliso yamazwe yayisele isebenzisa ekaGregory.

After the revolution, the Soviets switched to the Gregorian calendar, bringing Russia into line with the rest of the world.
Emva kwemvukelo, abalawuli beSoviet batshintsha basebenzisa ekaGregory, yatsho iRashiya yasebenzisa ikhalenda efanayo namazwe ehlabathi.

September 17 on the Julian calendar is equivalent to September 15 on the Gregorian calendar, the calendar widely used today.
USeptemba 17 kwikhalenda kaJulius uyafana noSeptemba 15 kwikhalenda kaGregory, ikhalenda esetyenziswa ngokubanzi namhlanje.

There is nothing in the Scriptures ascribing special significance to the end of the second millennium as calculated by the Gregorian calendar.
Akukho nento enye eZibhalweni ebalula ukuphela kwewaka lesibini leminyaka njengoko ikhalenda kaGregory ibonisa.

Still, especially in Western lands, many await with curiosity the approaching threshold of the next millennium as marked by the Gregorian calendar.
Sekunjalo, abantu abaninzi, ingakumbi abo bakumazwe aseNtshona balilindele ngolangazelelo iwaka leminyaka elisemnyango njengoko libonakala kwikhalenda kaGregory.

Augustus died on August 17, 14 C.E. (Gregorian calendar); Tiberius was named emperor by the Roman Senate on September 15, 14 C.E.
UAwugusto wafa ngoAgasti 17, 14 C.E. (ngokwekhalenda kaGregory); uTibheriyo wamiselwa njengomlawuli liBhunga laseRoma ngoSeptemba 15, 14 C.E.

From such a fixed point, we can make calculations and assign to the Flood a date based on the Gregorian calendar now in common use.
Ngokusuka kuloo nyaka, sinokubala size sazi ixesha owabakho ngalo uMkhukula ngokusekelwe kwikhalenda kaGregory esetyenziswayo namhlanje.

Secular chronologers have thus set the date for the fall of Babylon as October 11, 539 B.C.E., according to the Julian calendar, or October 5 by the Gregorian calendar.
Ababali-maxesha behlabathi baye ngaloo ndlela bamisela umhla wokuwa kweBhabhiloni njengo-Oktobha 11, 539 B.C.E., ngokwekhalenda kaJulius, okanye ngo-Oktobha 5 ngokwekhalenda kaGregory.

2 Disaster befell Babylon on the night of October 5, 539 B.C.E. (Gregorian calendar), as the Babylonian king Belshazzar and his grandees were drinking toasts to their demon gods.
2 IBhabhiloni yehlelwa yintlekele ngobusuku bango-Oktobha 5, 539 B.C.E. (ngokwekhalenda kaGregory), njengoko ukumkani waseBhabhiloni uBheleshatsare nezikhulu zakhe babesela iwayini bezukisa oothixo babo bobudemon.

Right away, we note that there is a difference of 3,760 years between the Jewish count of time and the Western, or Gregorian, calendar that is now in common use.
Kwangoko, siphawula ukuba kukho umahluko weminyaka engama-3 760 phakathi kwendlela yamaYuda yokubala ixesha neyaseNtshona, okanye ikhalenda kaGregory, esetyenziswayo ngokuqhelekileyo namhlanje.

And since the Jewish Passover falls on a different day each year according to the Gregorian calendar that we now use, it is only natural that the same would be true of the Memorial.
Yaye ekubeni iPasika yamaYuda isiba ngosuku olwahlukileyo nyaka ngamnye ngokwekhalenda kaGregory esiyisebenzisayo ngoku, kuyinto nje eqhelekileyo ukuba kukwamele kube njalo nangeSikhumbuzo.

In 1917 the Julian calendar was 13 days behind its Gregorian counterpart.
Ngowe-1917 ikhalenda kaJulius yayisemva ngeentsuku ezili-13 kuleyo kaGregory.

On Athos, the monks still live out their ancient liturgical daily routine, using the Byzantine clock (with the day beginning at sunset) and the Julian calendar (13 days behind the Gregorian).
EAthos, oonongendi basadla ngendeb’ endala, besebenzisa iwotshi yaseByzantium (apho usuku luqalisa ekutshoneni kwelanga) nekhalenda kaJulian (esemva ngeentsuku ezili-13 kwekaGregory).