This article gives a list of various almanacs. Note that almanac can also be spelled almanack, and some of the publications listed use this form.
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Wikipedia Almanac-type data [edit]
Printed almanacs [edit]
- Canadian Almanac & Directory, Grey House Publishing Canada, a comprehensive resource.
- Canadian Global Almanac (1992–2005), a book of facts about Canada and the world
- Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac. (Not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia. The almanac is a standalone publication)
- Farmers' Almanac (1818–present)
- The New York Times Almanac
- The (Old) Farmer's Almanac (1792–present)
- Schott's Almanac
- TIME Almanac with Information Please formerly Information Please Almanac (1947–present)
- Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998[1] and 1999[2]).
- Whitaker's Almanack (1868–present)
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868–1876, 1886–present)
- Nieropper Almanak
- Enkhuizer Almanak
- Deventer Almanak
- O Verdadeiro Almanaque Borda D'Água (1929–present)
- Kalnirnay – is world largest yearly published almanac (1973–present)
Online almanacs [edit]
- Information, Please! [1]
- CIA World Factbook [2]
- Sri Lanka Almanac Vidhyuth Koshaya [3]
- Kalnirnay (www.kalnirnay.com) – is world largest yearly published almanac (1973–present)
Special-purpose almanacs [edit]
- Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 (1473)
- Old Moore's Almanack (1699–present)
- Poor Richard's Almanack (1733–1758)
- J. Gruber's Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack (1797–present)
- Grier's Almanac (1807–present)
- Baer's Agricultural Almanac (1825–present)
- Jewish Year Book (1896–present)
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1864–present)
- Places Rated Almanac (1982–present)
- Thackers Indian Directory (1864–1960)
- Your Name Almanac (1934–present)
Astronomical almanacs [edit]
- Air Almanac
- Astronomical Almanac
- Astronomical Phenomena
- The Astronomical Pocket Diary (1987–present)
- Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac
- The Nautical Almanac (1767–present under various titles. Prepared by U.S. Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office since 1958.)
- Star Almanac for Land Surveyors
Astrological almanacs [edit]
- Panjika: name of a number of Jyotisha almanacs:
- Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika
- Gupta Press Panjika[4]
- Raphael's Ephemeris, W. Foulsham & Company Limited
Fictional almanacs [edit]
- Ankh-Morpork Almanack and Book of Days, from various Discworld novels (a version has been published as The Discworld Almanak)
- Gray's Sports Almanac, featured in Back to the Future Part II
- Klepp's Almenak, A travel guide to the islands of the Abarat from the The Books of Abarat novels by Clive Barker
Almanac Calculators [edit]
- Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop
- Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop
- Jan Albertsz van Dam
- Dirck Jansz van Dam
- Meyndert van Dam
- Jacob de Gelder
- Mattheus van Nispen
- Isaac Haringhuysen
- J. van Dam
References [edit]
- ^ Sreenath Sreenivasan, "The Old-Fashioned Almanac Thrives in the Age of the Internet", New York Times, December 22, 1997
- ^ ISBN 978-0-345-41102-0
See also [edit]
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