List of almanacs
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This article gives a list of various almanac
s. Note that almanac can also be spelled almanack, and some of the publications listed use this form.
Almanac
An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, and tide tables, containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar etc...
s. Note that almanac can also be spelled almanack, and some of the publications listed use this form.
Printed almanacs
- Canadian Global AlmanacCanadian Global AlmanacThe Canadian Global Almanac is a Canadian reference book containing a large collection of facts and statistics. It grew out of the American World Almanac and Book of Facts when in 1986 an all Canadian version was published, edited by John Filion and published by Susan Yates. John Robert Columbo...
(1992-2005), a book of facts about CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and the world - Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia BritannicaThe Encyclopædia Britannica , published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia that is available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert...
Almanac. (Not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia. The almanac is a standalone publication) - Farmers' Almanac (1818–present)
- The New York Times AlmanacThe New York Times AlmanacThe New York Times Almanac is an almanac published in the United States. The first edition, published in late 1997, was the 1998 New York Times Almanac. It is published by Penguin Group....
- The (Old) Farmer's Almanac (1792–present)
- Schott's AlmanacSchott's AlmanacSchott's Almanac was a best-selling UK reference book, published annually in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2010. The book was compiled by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc....
- TIME Almanac with Information PleaseTIME Almanac with Information PleaseTIME Almanac with Information Please is an almanac published in the United States. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the Information Please Almanac by Dan Golenpaul...
formerly Information Please Almanac (1947–present) - Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998 and 1999).
- Whitaker's AlmanackWhitaker's AlmanackWhitaker's Almanack is a reference book, published annually in the United Kingdom. The book was originally published by J Whitaker & Sons from 1868 to 1997, then by The Stationery Office, from 2003 to 2010 by A & C Black and from 2011 by .-Content:...
(1868–present) - The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868–1876, 1886–present)
- Nieropper Almanak
- Enkhuizer Almanak
- Deventer Almanak
- O Verdadeiro Almanaque Borda D'Água (1929–present)
- KalnirnayKalnirnaySince its inceptio, Kalnirnay has emerged as the No. 1 and Sumangal has gained repute for being the most authentic almanac maker, providing up-to-date information about India’s traditional festivities, auspicious tithes and culture...
- is world largest yearly published almanac (1973-present)
Online almanacs
- Information, Please! http://www.infoplease.com/
- CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- Sri Lanka Almanac Vidhyuth Koshaya http://www.sri-lanka-almanac.com
- KalnirnayKalnirnaySince its inceptio, Kalnirnay has emerged as the No. 1 and Sumangal has gained repute for being the most authentic almanac maker, providing up-to-date information about India’s traditional festivities, auspicious tithes and culture...
( www.kalnirnay.com) - is world largest yearly published almanac (1973-present)
Special-purpose almanacs
- Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474Almanach Cracoviense ad annum 1474Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 is a single-sheet astronomical wall calendar for the year 1474, and Poland's oldest known print...
(1473) - Old Moore's AlmanackOld Moore's AlmanackOld Moore’s Almanack is an astrological almanac which has been published in Britain since 1697.It was written and published by Francis Moore, a self-taught physician and astrologer who served at the court of Charles II....
(1699–present) - Poor Richard's Almanack (1733–1758)
- J. Gruber's Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack (1797–present)
- Grier's Almanac (1807–present)
- Baer's Agricultural Almanac (1825–present)
- Jewish Year BookJewish Year BookThe Jewish Year Book is an almanac targeted at the Jewish community in the United Kingdom. It has been published every year since 1896 and is currently published by Vallentine Mitchell in association with The Jewish Chronicle and is edited by Stephen W...
(1896–present) - Wisden Cricketers' AlmanackWisden Cricketers' AlmanackWisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
(1864–present) - Places Rated Almanac (1982–present)
- Thackers Indian Directory (1864–1960)
- Your Name Almanac (1934–present)
Astronomical almanacs
- Air Almanac
- Astronomical AlmanacAstronomical AlmanacThe Astronomical Almanac is an almanac published by the United States Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office, containing solar system ephemeris and catalogs of selected stellar and extragalactic objects....
- Astronomical Phenomena
- The Astronomical Pocket Diary (1987-present)
- Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac
- The Nautical AlmanacThe Nautical AlmanacThe Nautical Almanac has been the familiar name for a series of official British almanacs published under various titles since the first issue of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for 1767: this was the first nautical almanac ever to contain data dedicated to the convenient...
(1767–present under various titles. Prepared by U.S. Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office since 1958.) - Star Almanac for Land Surveyors
Astrological almanacs
- PanjikaPanjikaThe panjika , is the Hindu astronomical almanac, published in Maithili, Assamese, Bengali and Oriya. In colloquial language it is called a ‘panji’. In other parts of India it is called a panchangam...
: name of a number of JyotishaJyotishaHindu astrology , also Jyotish or Jyotisha, from Sanskrit , from "light, heavenly body") is the ancient Indian system of astronomy and astrology...
almanacs:- Vishuddha Siddhanta PanjikaVishuddha Siddhanta PanjikaVishuddha Siddhanta Panjika is a Panjika that was first published in 1297 Bengali year . Madhab Chandra Chattopadhyay of the then Bengal of undivided India was the first editor.- Why a new almanac? :...
- Gupta Press Panjikahttp://www.guptapresspanjika.com/
- Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika
- Raphael's Ephemeris, W. Foulsham & Company LimitedW. Foulsham & Company LimitedW. Foulsham & Company Limited is a British publisher founded by William Foulsham in 1819.It is the current publisher of Old Moore's Almanack, an annual publication first published in 1697, and of Raphael's Ephemeris, which Robert Thomas Cross acquired in the 1870s and edited until his death in 1913....
Fictional almanacs
- Ankh-MorporkAnkh-MorporkAnkh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. As cities go, it is on the far side of corrupt and polluted, and is subject to outbreaks of comedic violence and brouhaha on a fairly regular basis...
Almanack and Book of Days, from various DiscworldDiscworldDiscworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
novels (a version has been published as The Discworld AlmanakThe Discworld AlmanakThe Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook...
) - Gray's Sports Almanac, featured in Back to the Future Part IIBack to the Future Part IIBack to the Future Part II is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film and the second installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson...
- Klepp's Almenak, A travel guide to the islands of the Abarat from the The Books of AbaratThe Books of AbaratThe Books of Abarat are a series of young adult fantasy novels written and illustrated by Clive Barker. The series is intended to contain five books, of which three have so far been published...
novels by Clive BarkerClive BarkerClive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...
Almanac Calculators
- Dirck Rembrantsz van NieropDirck Rembrantsz van NieropDirck Rembrandtsz van Nierop was a seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, teacher and vermaner.Van Nierop was born at Nieuwe Niedorp , North Holland...
- Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop
- Jan Albertsz van Dam
- Dirck Jansz van Dam
- Meyndert van Dam
- Jacob de Gelder
- Mattheus van Nispen
- Isaac Haringhuysen
- J. van Dam