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Gregorian Calendar

Time And Calendar
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The calendar introduced in 1582 and now used internationally for civil dates. It refined the earlier Julian system's calculation of leap years.

Detailed Definition
The Gregorian calendar was established under Pope Gregory XIII to bring the civil year into closer alignment with the solar year and the timing of Easter. Its adoption happened unevenly across nations, causing dates to differ between places and historical records. In poetry, it can represent official time, institutional order, or the friction between lived experience and imposed measurement. Its missing days and contested adoption also offer images of historical dislocation.
Example
Example in poetry:
The Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 and adopted at different times by different countries, corrected inaccuracies in the earlier Julian calendar; A historical poem can note that dates may differ when an event was recorded under the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar; “The Gregorian calendar gave us March, but the old village kept its winter” contrasts official time with local custom; A poem about leap years may mention the Gregorian calendar’s rule that century years are leap years only when divisible by 400
Additional Notes
The Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 to correct drift in the Julian calendar, organizes modern civil dates and leap years. Historical poems may require attention to local adoption dates, since countries changed calendars at different times. Compare Julian calendar, liturgical calendar, and seasonal time. Study hint: when a date matters, ask whether the poem uses public chronology or symbolic time.
Also Known As
New Style Western Calendar
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