In most countries, Christian or not, it is the year 2007 C.E. (common era) using the Gregorian calendar. One exception to this is Ethiopia, where there are many Christians and they use the older Julian calendar. There it turned to the year 2000 on Sept. 11th, their New Year. They have 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of either 5 or 6 days depending on whether it's leap year or not.
2007-09-20 06:17:20
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answered by Murazor 6
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I note some other people have pointed to the diffrence between the Julian and Gregoriabn Calendar. the former is still used to determine the date of Easter in Orthodox countries even if they routinely follow the Gregorian calendar.
The most followed non-Christian calender is Islamic. Currently the Islamic Calendar 1427-28 Hijra. (2007 A.D.) The Calendar begins in the year when Mohammad and his followers (known as Sahabah, the Companions) emigrated to Medina in the year 622 AD (Christian calendar). The Islamic calendar is lunar. Each month must begin in the evening when the new moon is visible. Muslims are obliged to sight the crescent in every country so different countries may begin the year at different days based on their own sightings. The calendar is known as the Hijri (التقويم الهجري; at-taqwīm al-hijrī) from the arabic word "Hijrah" which means emigration. Each year is designated either H or AH, an anagram of the Latin "anno Hegirae" (in the year of the Hijra).
The Islamic calendar of 354 days is divided into the 12 months that correspond thus:
Muharram January 20 - February 18, 2007
Safar February 19 - March 19, 2007
Rabia Awal March 20 - April 17, 2007
Rabia Thani April 18 - May 17, 2007
Jumaada Awal May 18 - June 15, 2007
Jumaada Thani June 16 - July 14, 2007
Rajab July 15 - August 13, 2007
Sha'ban August 14 - September 12, 2007
Ramadan September 13 - October 12, 2007
Shawwal October 13 - November 10, 2007
Dhul-Qi'dah November 11 - December 10, 2007
Dhul-Hijjah December 11, 2007 - January 9, 2008
The following dates are significant this year:
Hijrah New Year (20 January 2007)
Ramadan begins (13 September 2007)
Eid Al-Fitr (13 October 2007)
Hajj begins (18 December 2007)
Eid Al-Adha (20 December 2007)
Islamic New Year 1429 H. (10 January 2008)
There are significant differnces between the holydays of Sunni and Shi'a
There is also a Jewish calendar but this, though used widely by Religious jews both in and beyond Israel, is not used by any single country. It is also a lunar calendar.
The Javanese calendar, created by Sultan Agung of Mataram in the 17th century, and referred to by the anagram AJ, Anno Javanico, essentially, follows the Islamic calendar but works in a cycle of 8 years, with alternately 354 and355 days a year:
Purwana/Alip (354 days)
Karyana/Ehé (354 days)
Anama/Jemawal (355 days)
Lalana/Jé (354 days)
Ngawanga/Dal (355 days)
Pawaka/Bé (354 days)
Wasana/Wawu (354 days)
Swasana/Jimakir (355 days)
The Nepalese calendar is called the Bikram Samwat and was created by the Emperor Vikramaditya. Unlike the other calendars, this is a solar calendar and is currently 56.7 years ahead of the Gregorian (Western Christian) calendar. The first day of the month Baisakh usually falls on the 13th or 14th April. It is made up of 12 months:
1 Baishākh बैशाख 30 / 31; 2 Jeṭha जेठ 31 / 32; 3 Asār असार 31 / 32; 4 Sāun साउन 31 / 32; 5 Bhadau भदौ 31 / 32; 6 Asoj असोज 30 / 31; 7 Kāttik कात्तिक 29 / 30; 8 Mangsir मंसिर 29 / 30; 9 Push पुष 29 / 30; 10 Magh माघ 29 / 30; 11 Phāgun फागुन 29 / 30; 12 Chait चैत 30 / 31
there is also the Chinese calendar: 农历, pinyin: nónglì, an agricultural Lunasolar calendar. It is used to identify traditional feasts like Chines New Year. Otherwise the Western (Gregorian) calendar is used. It is sometimes called the "the Xia Calendar", after the Xia Dynasty - or the "old calendar", 旧历, Traditional Chinese: 舊曆, jìulì, to distinguish it from the new calendar, the Gregorian which has now been adopted.
The Korean calendar follows the Chinese and like the Chinese calendar, was abandoned in the 19th Century in favour of the Gregorian calendar. It is still used yto determine traditional dates of for example Daeboreum (the first full moon), Dano (spring festival) and Chuseok (harvest festival).
The Hindu calendar began in 3102 BC, so today is 5108, the 5109th Hindu year. Hinduism has 4 eras and we are now in the fourth, Kali Yuga, the iron age. there are two variants: Both the Vikrama and the Shalivahana are lunisolar calendars, and feature annual cycles of twelve lunar months. A variant of the Shalivahana calendar was adopted as the Indian National calendar in 1957. It begins in the year 78AD.
Other variants can be found in Bangladesh (a variant of the Bengali Calendar, or Bangla calendar - now 1414) and Sri Lanka.
Just a note: whether we call the Western Calendar "Christian" or not does not alter the fact that it was the result of a Papal decision (Gregory) and so is intrinsically Christian, whether one calls it the Common Era or the Year of the Lord (AD).
2007-09-20 06:47:39
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answered by Anonymous
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"Countries" don't believe in Jesus, people do or do not. The United States, for instance is a nation whose populace that declares religious preference has a majority of Christians, yet the nation itself has a secular government that respects the rights of freedom of belief through its Constitution.
While there are a great many different calendar year designations for different nations/peoples and religions, for the "common" year of 2007 and your question the following applies:
For non-Christians the world over the use of the terms BCE and CE meaning before common era and common era have been in widespread use for more than a century both here in the United States and abroad.
Here one can even see the Smithsonian uses this designation: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/field_trips/standards/world_history_standards.html
It has been my understanding that a majority of the major Universities both here in the United States and world wide prefer use of BCE and CE for manuscript submissions for scholarly works.
Thus far I have not even addressed the various other calendars used by different peoples.
To my fellow Jewish bretheren, I am still not too late in wishing a Shanah Tovah for the New Year of 5768 :)
To all other peoples, whatever year you call this, may it be one of peace, prosperity, and joy for you!
2007-09-20 06:21:03
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answered by ✡mama pajama✡ 7
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In Israel we follow the Jewish Calendar and it is the 8 Tishrei in the year 5768. Muslim countries (except Turkey) use a Muslim Calendar but I am not sure what that is but I think they also use a different year.
It is not a dumb question at all.
In Israel and Jewish culture, if we so use the Gregorian calendar we use BCE (Before the Current Era) and not the typical (B.C and A.D).
2007-09-20 06:16:53
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answered by Feivel 7
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Actually, some countries (China, most Arabic speaking countries) go by their own calander. But, because the western world is such a major superpower, many of the people there are willing to concede that it is the year 2007.
2007-09-20 06:07:16
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answered by cygnavamp 2
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Actually, it's an interesting point. Although Chinese and Jews have their own New Years, they all and even Atheists refer to this year as 2007, in fact most countries in the world do. So what would people who don't believe that Jesus existed base the years on?
2007-09-20 06:09:39
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answered by kaz716 7
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We have an Islamic calendar at home.This month is the month of Ramadan.Which year ? I am not sure.They date the years from Mohammeds flight or return to Mecca around 630 A.D.
2007-09-20 06:13:35
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answered by Don Verto 7
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Yes, it is possible. The would is larger than you know. There are countries that do not us B.C. and A. D.
2007-09-20 06:07:03
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answered by Justsyd 7
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2007 C.E. (common era).
You must believe in the norse gods, right? after all, you're using weekdays named after them. And the greek gods too, right? After all, you're using months named after them.
2007-09-20 06:09:43
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answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6
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theres actually about 35-40 calendars apparently used in today's time -
http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html
2007-09-20 06:08:33
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answered by phrog 7
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