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Calendars of the world
The year you live in is a local convention. The table shows the 12 calendar systems in official or cultural use today and what year 2026 is in each of them.
| Calendar | Type | Where it applies today | Year in 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregorian | Solar | World civil standard | 2026 |
| Julian | Solar | Orthodox churches (13 days behind) | 2026 |
| Hijri (Islamic) | Lunar | Muslim world (religious; civil in Saudi Arabia) | ~1447 |
| Solar Hijri | Solar | Iran and Afghanistan (the civil calendar!) | 1405 |
| Hebrew | Lunisolar | Israel (religious and holidays) | ~5786 |
| Buddhist | Solar | Thailand (civil), Cambodia, Laos | 2569 |
| Japanese eras | Solar (Gregorian with eras) | Japan (official paperwork) | Reiwa 8 |
| Minguo | Solar (Gregorian with era) | Taiwan (official paperwork) | 115 |
| Ethiopian | Solar, 13 months | Ethiopia (civil!) | 2018 or 2019 |
| Chinese | Lunisolar | Festivals and zodiac in China and diaspora | 60 year cycle |
| Saka (Indian) | Solar | Official national calendar of India | 1948 |
| Javanese | Lunar with a 5 day week | Java (traditions and weddings) | own era |
What year is it? Depends where you stand
As you read this in 2026, Ethiopia is still in 2018 (their calendar has 13 months and new year falls in September), Thailand is already past 2569, and Iran runs a Persian solar calendar so precise it drifts 1 day every 110,000 years, against 1 in 3,300 for our Gregorian. Lunar years (like the Hijri) run ~11 days shorter than solar ones: that is why Ramadan tours every season over a 33 year cycle. The approximate years in the table become exact on each calendar new year; the Hebrew one, for instance, turns at Rosh Hashanah, between September and October.
Sources: each country civil regulations and the astronomical literature on calendars. The table lists systems in current official or cultural use; historical calendars (Maya, Egyptian, French Revolutionary) belong to a future collection of ancient systems.
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