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January, Today’s dates — the Roman Way:

Ianuarius, A.U.C. 2755, A.D. 2002

The dates displayed on this site are essentially based on the format shown by Roman calendars (Julian or Old Style) and are adapted to the Gregorian (New Style) calendars in use by most of the world today in an effort to show the transitions from those historical calendar styles that express the continuity of past and present dates; such as, (Norse-Latin) day-name information and (Roman) month names.

This month of Ianuarious, or Januarius, (first month) shows the Latin names of the months and the Anglo-Saxon (Norse mythological) names for the days of the week, and the Roman-Gregorian numbers for the years.

The phases of the moon shown in this calendar are based on Universal Time (UT), or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which refers to the mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian adopted as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles. The Greenwich meridian is the prime meridian that passes through the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich. It was adopted internationally as the zero of longitude in 1884.

Ianuarius mensis
Ianuarius
January

At the time of Julius Caesar, Ianuarius had 29 days, but Caesar changed this to 31.


  Arabic     Roman     Roman     Anglo-Saxon     English  
  Day     Day     Week     Week     Week  
Numbers Names Days Days Days
         
1 Calends   dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
2   IV ad Nones   dies Mercurii   Wodensdaeg   Wednesday
3   III ad Nones     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
    waning   gibbous   moon
4   Pridie Nones     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
5   Nones     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
6   VIII ad Ides     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
    last   quarter   moon
7   VII ad Ides     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
8   VI ad Ides     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
9   V ad Ides     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
10   IV ad Ides     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
    waning   crescent   moon
11   III ad Ides     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
12   Pridie Ides     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
13   Ides     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
     new   moon  
14   XIX ad Feb. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
15   XVIII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
16   XVII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
17   XVI ad Feb. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
    waxing   crescent   moon
18   XV ad Feb. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
19   XIV ad Feb. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
20   XIII ad Feb. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
21   XII ad Feb. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
    first   quarter   moon
22   XI ad Feb. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
23   X ad Feb. Cal.     dies Mercuriis     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
24   IX ad Feb. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
25   VIII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
    waxing   gibbous   moon
26   VII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
27   VI ad Feb. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
28   V ad Feb. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
    full   moon   
29   IV ad Feb. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
30   III ad Feb. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
31   Pridie Feb. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  


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You may also see the transitions of the Roman calendars from the first one to the latest version:

  Six Roman Calendars, from King Romulus to Pope Gregory XIII  

Whatsoever Time does, it undoes.
—Thomas Fuller

The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present;
The trouble with the present is that it keeps turning into the past and the future!
—Anonymous

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