January wasn’t always the first month of the year—and in some places, it still isn’t.That simple fact explains why calendars ...

Thanks to the widely adopted Gregorian calendar, most people have marked the new year on Jan. 1 for centuries. But with so ...

MINNEAPOLIS — There are many ways to measure time: the seasons and occasions, but perhaps the most helpful way is a calendar. "If you think about what a calendar is really for, it's to give you the ...

Much of the world follows the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII, who put the finishing touches on a Roman system that integrated ideas from other cultures.

While most of the world stepped into 2026 on January 1, Ethiopia is still living in the year 2018. This is because the East ...

While the rest of the world celebrated January 1st, 2026, Ethiopia remained in its year 2018. This is due to the nation's ...