1642 BC Chr.

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Events

Technology and science

  • On 6./7. May (3rd / 4th Ajaru ) the rare Venus transit takes place, which begins at 2:26 p.m. ( UT ) and ends at 9:32 p.m. (UT).

Babylonia

  • In the Babylonian calendar , the Babylonian New Year of Nisannu 1  falls on the 3rd – 4th. April, the full moon in Nisannu on 16-17. April, the 1st  Ajaru on the 3rd – 4th May and the 1st  Tašritu on the 27.-28. September.
  • Possible 5th year of reign of Ammi-saduqa : " Venus sets on the 29th Nisannu and reappears 12 days later on the 11th Ajaru".
    • Venus set on May 2nd around 7:05 pm (29th Nisannu: May 1st – 2nd); Sunset around 6:35 p.m.
    • Rise of Venus on May 14th (11th Ajaru: May 13-14) around 4:30 am; Sunrise around 4:57 a.m.

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Date information 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 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 .