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Leap year

A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year. Since astronomical events and seasons…

Standards, Leap day in the Julian and Gregorian calendars & Hebrew calendar

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Julian calendar

Gregorian calendar

Leap day in the Julian and Gregorian calendars

Baháʼí calendar

Bengali, Indian and Thai calendars

Chinese calendar

Hebrew calendar

Islamic calendars

Coptic and Ethiopian calendars

Ancient Egyptian calendar

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Leap year

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Leap year

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related to Liturgical practices · 39
Leap year → August, Baptist, Christian, Church, Common Prayer, Compline, Eastern Orthodox Church, England, England's Book, February, First, Head, Iceland, In, John, John Cassian, Kalends, Lenten, March, Mart
related to Julian reform · 24
Leap year → All, Bede, By, Censorinus, Easter, February, For, Gregorian, III, In, In Caesar's, IV, Julian, Kal, Kalendas Martias, Kalends, Macrobius, March, Mart, Romans
related to Julian calendar · 20
Leap year → BC, Caesar's, Catholic Church, Consequently, February, Gregorian, His, In, January, Julian, Julius Caesar, March, Numa Pompilius, On, Prior, Roman, Romans, The Julian, This, When Caesar
see also · 19
Leap year → Algorithm, Calendar, Century, FebruaryLeap, French Republican CalendarZeller's, FridayLeap, Holidays, Intermittent, Issue, MondayLeap, SaturdayLeap, Significant, SundayLeap, ThursdayLeap, Time, TuesdayLeap, UTCLeap, WednesdayOrbital, Year
related to Folk traditions · 17
Leap year → According, Brigid, Britain, February, Felten, In, In Ireland, Ireland, Kildare, Norway, Queen Margaret, Saint Patrick, Scotland, Supposedly, The Maydes Metamorphosis, While, Women
related to Gregorian calendar · 13
Leap year → Adding, By, Each, Earth's, February, Gregorian, However, In, Julian, Over, The Gregorian, This, Whereas
related to Birthdays · 11
Leap year → February, For, Frederic, Gilbert, In, March, Penzance, Sullivan's, Technically, The Pirates, This
related to External links · 11
Leap year → April, Archived, Brady Haran, Famous LeapersLeap Day Campaign, Galileo DayHistory Behind Leap, Gray, May, Meghan, Numberphile, Retrieved, Year National Geographic Society
related to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendars · 10
Leap year → AD, Bangladesh, BE, Buddhist Era, February, Gregorian, Indian National Calendar, The Revised Bengali Calendar, The Thai, This
related to Leap day in the Julian and Gregorian calendars · 9
Leap year → Earth, February, First, Julian, Second, Since, Sun, The, This

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year leap calendar day days years february month march gregorian 29 julian months one every extra solar 365 first rule

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Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsThe Revised Bengali Calendar0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsBangladesh0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsIndian National Calendar0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsFebruary0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsGregorian0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsThis0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsThe Thai0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsBuddhist Era0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsBE0.60section
Leap yearrelated to Bengali, Indian and Thai calendarsAD0.60section
Leap yearrelated to BirthdaysFebruary0.60section
Leap yearrelated to BirthdaysIn0.60section

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