Sogdian calendar
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The Sogdian calendar is an ancient Iranian timekeeping system used by the Sogdian people of Central Asia, reflecting a blend of Zoroastrian, regional, and astronomical traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sogdian calendar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17387377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sogdian calendar Context triple: [al-Athar al-Baqiya ‘an al-Qurun al-Khaliya, focusesOn, Sogdian calendar]
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Saka calendar
The Saka calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bali, for determining religious festivals and ceremonial dates.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Samaritan calendar
The Samaritan calendar is a lunisolar religious calendar used by the Samaritan community to determine the dates of their festivals and rituals, distinct from but related to the traditional Hebrew calendar.
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D.
Babylonian calendar
The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
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E.
Assyrian calendar
The Assyrian calendar is a lunisolar calendar system used by Assyrians, traditionally dating from an ancient Mesopotamian epoch and still employed today for cultural and national celebrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sogdian calendar Target entity description: The Sogdian calendar is an ancient Iranian timekeeping system used by the Sogdian people of Central Asia, reflecting a blend of Zoroastrian, regional, and astronomical traditions.
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A.
Saka calendar
The Saka calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bali, for determining religious festivals and ceremonial dates.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Samaritan calendar
The Samaritan calendar is a lunisolar religious calendar used by the Samaritan community to determine the dates of their festivals and rituals, distinct from but related to the traditional Hebrew calendar.
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D.
Babylonian calendar
The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
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E.
Assyrian calendar
The Assyrian calendar is a lunisolar calendar system used by Assyrians, traditionally dating from an ancient Mesopotamian epoch and still employed today for cultural and national celebrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.