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Calendar era

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2024 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar2024
MMXXIV
Ab urbe condita2777
Armenian calendar1473
ԹՎ ՌՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar6774
Bahá'í calendar180–181
Balinese saka calendar1945–1946
Bengali calendar1431
Berber calendar2974
British Regnal yearCha. 3 – 3 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar2568
Burmese calendar1386
Byzantine calendar7532–7533
Chinese calendar癸卯(Water Rabbit)
4720 or 4660
    — to —
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
4721 or 4661
Coptic calendar1740–1741
Discordian calendar3190
Ethiopian calendar2016–2017
Hebrew calendar5784–5785
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2080–2081
 - Shaka Samvat1945–1946
 - Kali Yuga5124–5125
Holocene calendar12024
Igbo calendar1024–1025
Iranian calendar1402–1403
Islamic calendar1445–1446
Japanese calendarReiwa 6
(令和6年)
Javanese calendar1957–1958
Juche calendar113
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4357
Minguo calendarROC 113
民國113年
Nanakshahi calendar556
Thai solar calendar2567
Tibetan calendar阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
2150 or 1769 or 997
    — to —
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
2151 or 1770 or 998
Unix time1704067200 – 1735689599

A calendar era is the year numbering system used by a calendar. The Gregorian calendar for example numbers its years in the Western Anno Domini system (the Coptic Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox churches have their own Christian eras). The instant, date, or year from which time is marked is called the epoch of the era. There are many different calendar eras such as Saka Era.

In ancient times, regnal years were counted from the year a new monarch took the throne. This makes ancient timelines very difficult to reconstruct, because they are based on separate and scattered king lists, such as the Sumerian King List and the Babylonian Canon of Kings. In East Asia, having era names based on ruling monarchs ended in the 20th century except for Japan, where they are still used.

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