Texas Almanac, 1952-1953 Page: 21

Calendars for Texas,
Calendars for 1951, 1952 and 1953, especially
adapted to the use of Texans, are presented on
following pages. They are computed from the
American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.
There is no vway of compiling exact Standard
Time of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset or any
other moving event, except for a single point.
However, by taking the point mentioned below
an approximation for all Texas is attained.
In making these compilations, the intersection
of meridian 98 degrees west and parallel 32 de-
grees, 30 minutes north, is chosen because of its
central location with respect to Texas and the
Gulf Southwest States. This point is about nine
miles west northwest of Tolar, Hood County.
The time given in the following calendar for
sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and other
events is according to Central Standard Time. All
of Texas is in Central Standard Time, except El
Paso and immediate vicinity and a small area in
the vicinity of Guadalupe Peak in northern Cul-
berson and Hudspeth Counties. These two small
areas observe Mountain Standard Time. To con-
vert Central Standard Time to Mountain Standard
Tune subtract one hour f rom Central Time.
To get Central Standard Time of sunrise or
sunset, moonrise or moonset for any point in
Texas apply the following rules: Add to the time
given in this calendar four minutes for each de-
gree of longitude that any given place lies west
of the 98th meridian, and subtract four minutes
for each degree of longitude such place lies east
of the 98th meridian. For example: Merkel lies
approximately on the 100th meridian; hence eight
minutes should be added to the time given in the
tables. On the other hand, Wills Point, lying
approximately on the 96th meridian, should cal-
culate its sunrise and sunset and moonrise and
moonset by subtracting eight minutes.
There will also be considerable variation in time
for distances north and south of the line of lati-
tude 32 degrees 30 minutes north, but the rule for
calculating them would be complicated. Procedure
given above will get sufficiently close results.
PLANETARY CONFIGURATIONS AND
PHENOMENA
In the center column of the calendars on follow-
ing pages are given the phenomena and planetary
configurations of the heavens for 1951 and 1952.
By watching this table one may ascertain the
dates of beautiful and striking phenomena and
juxtapositions of the moon and stars. Below is
an explanation of the signs of the Sun, Moon and
planets, and symbols used in the tables:
? The Sun. c? Mars,
The Moon. 4 Jupiter.
Mercury. 1 Saturn.
Venus. Uranus.
(T The Earth. W Neptune.
Aspects.
6 This symbol appearing before the symbols for
two heavenly bodies means that they are "in
conjunction, that is, having the same longi-
tude as applies to the sky and appearing near
each other.
This symbol means that the two heavenly
bodies differ by 90 degrees of longitude.
R This symbol means that the two heavenly
bodies are "in opposition," or differ by 180
degrees of longitude.
CHRONOLOGICAL ERAS, 1951
The year 1951 of the Christian era comprises
the latter part of the 175th and the beginning of
the 176th year of the independence of the United
States of America, and corresponds to the year
6664 of the Julian period.
January 1, 1951, Julian calendar, corresponds to
January 14, 1951, Gregorian calendar.
The year 7460 of the Byzantine era begins on
September 1, 1951, Julian calendar.
The year 5712 of the Jewish era begins at sun-
set on September 30, 1951, Gregorian calendar.
The year 2704 since the foundation of Rome,
according to VARRO, begins on January 1, 1951,
Julian calendar.
The year 2700 of the era of NABONASSAR
begins on April 23, 1951, Julian calendar.
The year 2611 of the Japanese era, being the
26th year of the period Showa, begins on January
1, 1951, Gregorian calendar.
The year 2263 of the Grecian era, or the era of
the SELEUCIDAE, begins in the present-day
usage of the Syrians on September 1, 1951, or on
October 1, 1951, Julian calendar, according to dif-
ferent sects; but in the ancient usage of Damascus
and Arabia Petraea the year began with the
vernal equinox.

1951, 1952 and 1953
The year 1668 of the era of DIOCLETIAN
begins on August 30, 1951, Julian calendar.
The year 1371 of the Mohammedan era, or the
era of the Hegira, begins at sunset on October 1,
1951, Gregorian calendar.
The Julian day 2 433 648 begins at Greenwich
mean noon January 1, 1951, Gregorian calendar.
Chronological Cycles, 1951
Dominical Letter ......................... ...G
E pact ........................................22
Lunar Cycle or Golden Number...............14
Solar Cycle ..............................28
Roman Indiction ........................... 4
Julian Period.................... ... .. .. . 6664
ECLIPSES, 1951
In 1951 there will be two eclipses, both of the
Sun, as follows:
March 7.-Annular eclipse of the Sun, visible in
most of United States, most of South Pacific and
South America.
Sept. 1.-Annular eclipse of the Sun, visible
eastern part of North America, northern tip of
South America, North Atlantic area, Western
Europe, Africa and Indian Ocean.
THE SEASONS, 1951
The seasons of 1951 begin as follows, Central
Standard Time: Spring, March 21. 4:26 a.m.;
Summer, June 21, 11:25p.m.; Autumn, Sept. 23,
2:38 p.m. Winter, Dec. 22, 10:01 a.m.
ANNIVERSARIES AND FESTIVALS, 1951
New Yer's Day...............Monday, Jan. 1
Epiphany ......................Saturday, Jan. 6
Robert E. Lee's Birthday.......Friday, Jan. 19
Septuagesima Sunday..... . Sunday, Jan. 21
Quinquagesima (Shrove Sunday)...Sunday, Feb. 4
Ash Wednesday .... ... Wednesday, Feb. 7
Lincoln's Da ... ...... Monday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday. ... ...Thursday, Feb. 22
tTexas Independence Day ....... Friday, March 2
Palm Sunday .. ......... .... Sunday, March 18
Good Friday ................ Friday, March 23
Easter Sunday ..............Sunday, March 25
First Day of Passover......... Saturday, April 21
tSan Jacinto Day...........Saturday, April 21
Rogation Sunday .............. Sunday, April 29
Ascension Day.. ..........Thursday, May 3
Pentecost (Whit Sunday). . Sunday, May 13
Trinity Sunday .............. .Sunday, May 20
Corpus Christi.... ....... Thursday, May 24
Memorial Day.............Wednesday, May' 30
*Jefferson Davis' Birthday..... Friday, June 3
Hebrew Pentecost (Shebuoth)... Sunday, June 10
Independence Day ...........Wednesday, July 4
Labor Day .................. Monday, Sept. 3
Hebrew New Year (Rosh
Hashanah) ................. Monday, Oct. 1
Day of Atonement (Yoe
Kippur) ................. Wednesday, Oct. 10
Columbus Day.................. Friday, Oct. 12
First Day of Feast of Tabernacles
(Succoth) .................. Monday, Oct. 15
Election Day (in certain states but
not Texas) ...................Tuesday, Nov. 6
Armistice Day ................. Sunday, Nov. 11
(Thanksgiving Day.......... Thursday, Nov. 22
SThanksgiving Day............ Thursday, Nov. 29
First Sunday in Advent ........... Sunday, Dec. 2
Christmas Day ................. Tuesday, Dec. 25
*Legal holiday in Texas and other Southern
States.
tLegal holiday in Texas only.
$See footnote on Thanksgiving in "Anniversaries
and Festivals, 1953," on next page.
TEXAS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE DAYS, 1951
The Texas Legislature has set aside a number
of "special observance days" with the provision
that they are not to be considered legal holidays.
In some instances, however, they coincide with
days otherwise designated as legal holidays. The
following "special observance days" on the
Texans' 1951 calendar are noteworthy:
Texas Flag Day ................ Friday, March 2
Sam Houston Day ............ SFriday, March 2
Texas Week...............Sunday, Feb. 25, to
Saturday, March 3, incl.
Texas Conservation and
Beautification Week........April 19 to 26, incl.
(This includes the period beginning two days
before San Jacinto Day, April 21, and ending
two days after National Wild Flower Day,
April 24.)
Texas Pioneers' Day...........Sunday, Auk. 12
Casimir Pulaski Day ........ ThUrsday, Oct. 11
Father-of-Texas Day (in honor of
Stephen F. Austin) ........... Saturday, Nov. 3