1640 BC Chr.

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Events

Babylonia

  • In the Babylonian calendar , the Babylonian New Year of Nisannu 1  falls on the 9-10 . April, the full moon in Nisannu on the 22nd – 23rd. April, the 1st  ululu on the 4th – 5th September and the 1st  Tašritu on the 4th – 5th October.
  • Possible 7th year of reign of Ammi-saduqa : " Venus disappears in the east on Abu 30  and reappears 2 months later in the west on Tašritu 30".
    • Rise of Venus on September 4th at around 5:12 am (30th Abu: September 3-4); Sunrise around 5:36 a.m.
    • Venus set on November 2nd (Tašritu 30th: November 2-3rd) around 5:39 pm; Sunset around 5:14 p.m.

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Date information in the Gregorian calendar : in the Julian calendar system , 15 days are to be added to the Gregorian date. The date is based on NASA information ( memento from March 23, 2008 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 .