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Year 242 (CCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gratus and Lepidus (or, less frequently, year 995 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 242 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in…

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- Kali Yuga
3342–3343
- Shaka Samvat
163–164
- Vikram Samvat
298–299
Ab urbe condita
995
Assyrian calendar
4992
Balinese saka calendar
163–164

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242

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples28
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
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- Kali Yuga · 1
242 → 3342–3343
- Shaka Samvat · 1
242 → 163–164
- Vikram Samvat · 1
242 → 298–299
Ab urbe condita · 1
242 → 995
Assyrian calendar · 1
242 → 4992
Balinese saka calendar · 1
242 → 163–164
Bengali calendar · 1
242 → −352 – −351
Berber calendar · 1
242 → 1192
Buddhist calendar · 1
242 → 786
Burmese calendar · 1
242 → −396

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year calendar ccxlii roman empire julian ab urbe condita era king shapur antioch carrhae nisibis chinese emperor gordian iii leads

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242- Kali Yuga3342–33431.00infobox
242- Shaka Samvat163–1641.00infobox
242- Vikram Samvat298–2991.00infobox
242Ab urbe condita9951.00infobox
242Assyrian calendar49921.00infobox
242Balinese saka calendar163–1641.00infobox
242Bengali calendar−352 – −3511.00infobox
242Berber calendar11921.00infobox
242Buddhist calendar7861.00infobox
242Burmese calendar−3961.00infobox
242Byzantine calendar5750–57511.00infobox
242Chinese calendar辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2939 or 2732 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2940 or 27331.00infobox
242Coptic calendar−42 – −411.00infobox
242Discordian calendar14081.00infobox
242Ethiopian calendar234–2351.00infobox
242Gregorian calendar242 CCXLII1.00infobox
242Hebrew calendar4002–40031.00infobox
242Holocene calendar102421.00infobox
242Iranian calendar380 BP – 379 BP1.00infobox
242Islamic calendar392 BH – 391 BH1.00infobox
242Javanese calendar120–1211.00infobox
242Julian calendar242 CCXLII1.00infobox
242Korean calendar25751.00infobox
242Minguo calendar1670 before ROC 民前1670年1.00infobox
242Nanakshahi calendar−12261.00infobox
242Seleucid era553/554 AG1.00infobox
242Thai solar calendar784–7851.00infobox
242Tibetan calendarལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 368 or −13 or −785 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Water-Dog) 369 or −12 or −7841.00infobox

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