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Cycle of the sun

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a period of 28 years, at the end of which time the days of the month return to the same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also called the cycle of the Sunday letter. In the Gregorian calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the end of the century.

See also: Cycle



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Sunday Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon.
The role and cycle of the sun is captured in the sequences that illustrate the differing positions of light illuminating the dark interior.
Periods in a calendar (such as years and months) are usually, though not necessarily, synchronised with the cycles of some astronomical phenomenon, such as the cycle of the sun, or the moon.
 
 
 
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