Here’s how the Babylonian calendar worked. But the Babyloanians weren’t the only ancient society that celebrated the New Year. Ancient Romans had New Year’s celebrations, too.

Readers Ze’ev Orzech and Seth Cohen have written separately to inquire about the names of the months in the Hebrew calendar. Mr. Orzech especially wants to know about the calendar of the ...

The timing of the festival and beginning of the Babylonians’ new year — which also sometimes occurred in March, marking the start of the farming season — was based on the Babylonian calendar ...

This is a dependably regular 29.5 days and so is extremely tempting to use as the basis of a calendar. The first Babylonian calendar was accordingly made up of 12 lunar months of 29 and 30 days.

The Babylonian calendar was luni-solar comprising 12 lunar months. But the Dead Sea Scrolls also provide evidence of a number of texts that attempt to incorporate both the movements of the sun and ...

In most years, the molad of Tishrei does not occur near midday, but in 4683 (923 C.E.) it occurred 237 chalakim after midday, and in the summer of 4681 (921 C.E.), Rabbi Aharon ben Meir had ...

The timing of the festival and beginning of the Babylonians' new year — which also sometimes occurred in March, marking the start of the farming season — was based on the Babylonian calendar ...

The timing of the festival and beginning of the Babylonians’ new year — which also sometimes occurred in March, marking the start of the farming season — was based on the Babylonian calendar ...

(CNN) — Near the end of every year, the prospect of rising from the fog of holiday hustle, bustle and feasts to contemplate how to do better next year is welcomed by many, ignored by some and resented ...