Almanac

A book or table containing a calendar of days, weeks, and months, to which various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, etc. Whewell. The court will take judicial notice of an almanac; 3 Bla. Com. 333; State v. Morris, 47 Conn. 179; Munshower v. State, 55 Md. 11, 39 Am. Rep. 414; Reed v. Wilson, 41 N. J. L. 29; People v. Chee Kee, 61 Cal. 404.

A publication, in which is recounted the days of the week, month, and year, both common and particular, distinguishing the fasts, feasts, terms, etc., from the common days by proper marks, pointing out also the several changes of the moon, tides, eclipses, ete.

A table or calendar, in which are set down the revolutions of the seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, the most remarkable conjunctions, positions and phenomena of the heavenly bodies, the month of the year, the days of the month and week, and a variety of other matter. The courts will take judicial notice of the almanac, for example, whether a certain day of the month was on a Sunday or -not. Vin. Ab. h. t.; 6 Mod. 41; Cro. Eliz. 227, pl. 12; Vin. Ab. Evidence (Ab. 4.) In dating instruments some sects, the Quakers, for example, instead of writing January, February, March, &c., use the terms, first month, second month, third month, &c., and these are equally valid in such writings. Vide 1 Smith’s Laws of Pennsylvania, 217.