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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".
Remarks
- ↑ 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 .