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ACalendar.com
The calendar has many options with a standard monthly interface, including sunrise, sunset, and Moon phases.
http://www.acalendar.com/
Annus Novus Decimal Calendar
A proposal for a non-sectarian, culturally neutral calendar system.
http://www.atlantium.org/calendaran.html
Astro Portal - CalSKY
The worldwide interactive online astronomical/space calendar and calculator - for friends of astronomy, as well as astronomers.
http://www.calsky.com/
Astronomical Time Keeping
Extensive descriptions of many astronomical time keeping systems, with information on time zones and Julian day numbers.
http://www.maa.mhn.de/Scholar/times.html
Astronomy by JavaScript: Sun Calculators and More
Applets related to calendars and keeping time, including sidererial time.
http://www.jgiesen.de/astro/astroJS/
Astronomy Calendar
Features different views of the night sky, constellations, stars, planets, and other celestial wonders.
http://www.newarkmuseum.org/planetarium/pages/astrocal.html
Blue Moon Myths
Second full moon in a month, or third full moon in a single season?
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bluemoon1.html
Britannica.com - Clockworks: From Sundials to the Atomic Second
Britannica.com explores the history of timekeeping, from sundials to cesium atomic clocks.
http://www.britannica.com/clockworks
Calendar Studies
Articles on the Gregorian and Julian calendars, the ISO date format, the Julian day number system, the Maya calendar, the Goddess lunar calendar, the Liberalia Triday Calendar and C functions for date conversion; plus software for calendrical conversion.
http://hermetic.nofadz.com/cal_stud.htm