1597 BC Chr.

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Events

Babylonia

  • In the Babylonian calendar , the Babylonian New Year of 1st Nisannu falls on the 15th – 16th. March, the full moon in Nisannu on 29-30. March, the 1st Tašritu on the 9th – 10th September and the 1st Araḫsamna on the 9th – 10th October.
  • Possible beginning of the 2nd year of reign (1597–1596 BC) of Ammi-saduqa ( medium-short chronology ):
    • “ Venus disappeared in the east on the 21st Araḫsamna ”.
    • Rise of Venus on October 30th (21st Araḫsamna: October 29-30) at around 5:51 a.m. Sunrise around 6:24 a.m.

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c d e Date specification in the Gregorian calendar : in the Julian calendar system , 14 days are to be added to the Gregorian date. The date is based on NASA information ( Memento from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) taking into account the T-Delta. For Babylonia, the time zone surcharge of 3 hours must be taken into account for Universal Time (UT); according to Jean Meeus : Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4,5 - , Barth, Leipzig 2000 for: Ephemeris Tool 4,5 according to Jean Meeus, conversion program, 2001 .