A Bahá'í Glossary - Bahá'í Chronology - A.M. 659

A Bahá'í Glossary

Adamic Cycle Chronology - Judaic Era - A.M. 659

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• Yom Shishi 1 Adar A.M. 659 • Friday 18 February 3102 B.C.E.	Ascension of Krishna at age 125 years 5 months.
	[Wikipedia - Krishna] [ABG]

• Yom Shishi 1 Adar A.M. 659 • Friday 18 February 3102 B.C.E.	The beginning of the Hindu Calendar annotated as K.Y. from Kali Yuga (lit. "age of Kali", or "age of vice").
	"There are various epochs that are, or have been used as starting points for reckoning time and counting days in India . . . The . . . Kali Yuga ('Iron Age') epoch, [is] abbreviated K.Y. The first day of year K.Y. 0 corresponds to January 23, -3101 of the Gregorian calendar, or February 18, 3102 B.C. of the Julian calendar."

[Wikipedia - Kali Yuga] [INDIAN CALENDARS p19 4.2.1] [ABG]

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The dates in the left column do not always match the dates in the text. This is due to the plethora of calcualtions and calculators available. We use the calendar conversions from Calendar Home - Convert a date.
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A.M. = Anno Mundi - Latin: "In the year of the world"; Hebrew: "To the creation of the world" - Hebrew Calendar.
B.C.E. = Before Christian Era or before A.D. in the Julian Calendar.

c. = circa - meaning: "Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400)." (Oxford English Dictionary)

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