0 a period of around 365 days used for measuring normal or historical time, which in our system begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December:
The historical year begins on 1 January, and thus coincides with the Roman civil year, which was widely used until at least the seventh century.
Nisan Abib is the seventh month of the modern Jewish civil year.
The first day of the seventh moon was most solemn of all for the Hindus, being not only the first of the moon, but of the civil year.
The civil year was divided into three conventional "seasons" - called time of inundation, sowing time, and harvest time.
