List of almanacs

List of almanacs

This article gives a list of various almanacs. Note that "almanac" can also be spelled "almanack", and some of the publications listed use this form.

Wikipedia Almanac-type data

* List of reference tables

Fishing almanacs

* The Fishing Almanac [http://www.thefishingalmanac.com/] published by HAL Computing, Sydney, Australia. Provides information on Solunar Predictions, Weather Forecasts, Tidal Information and Location Maps for Worldwide use.

Printed almanacs

* Canadian Global Almanac (1992-2005), a book of facts about Canada and the world
* "Clark's Kentucky Almanac & Book of Facts 2006 - http://kyalmanac.com", published by The Clark Group in Lexington Kentucky. The Kentucky Almanac covers history, culture, arts, recreation, and travel (The first Kentucky Almanac in 150 years.) Clark's Kentucky Almanac & Book of Facts Second Edition was published in November 2006 with 300 new photos and many new essays and updates.
*"Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac" including a daily calendar, guides to the night sky, weather predictions, a field guide to urban flora and fauna, poems, proverbs, quotes, and famous sayings, stories behind holidays, festivals, and historic events, famous people's birthdays and death dates, proclamations, songs, recipes, and astronomical events.
* "Encyclopædia Britannica" Almanac. (Not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia. The almanac is a standalone publication)
* Farm & Home Almanac published annually. Weather predictions and conditions, garden and farm planting schedules for fall and spring, farm news and information, food, recipes, cooking times, household hints, family health, calendar, facts, figures, events, trivia. Publisher: www.hodgepodgeusa.com
* Farmers' Almanac (1818-present)
* The Inventor's Almanac - [http://www.inventorsalmanac.org Inventor's Almanac Web] (2007)
* The New York Times Almanac
* The (Old) Farmer's Almanac (1792-present)
* Schott's Almanac
* TIME Almanac with Information Please "formerly Information Please Almanac" (1947-present)
* Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998 [Sreenath Sreenivasan, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D7173EF931A15751C1A96195826 "The Old-Fashioned Almanac Thrives in the Age of the Internet"] , "New York Times", December 22, 1997] and 1999 [ISBN 978-0345411020] ).
* Whitaker's Almanack (1868-present)
* The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868-1876, 1886-present)

Online almanacs

* Information, Please! [http://www.infoplease.com/]
* CIA World Factbook [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/]

Special-purpose almanacs

* Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 (1473)
* Old Moore's Almanack (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 Book (1896-present)
* Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1864-present)
* The Buyers Almanac (2006-present) [http://www.buyers-almanac.com]
* Places Rated Almanac (1982-present)
* Thackers Indian Directory (1864-1960)

Astronomical almanacs

* [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/aira.php Air Almanac]
* Astronomical Almanac
* [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/ap.php Astronomical Phenomena]
* The Astronomical Pocket Diary (1987- [http://y23.com/apd/ present] )
* [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/software/mica/micainfo Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac]
* The Nautical Almanac (1767–present under various titles. Prepared by U.S. Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office since 1958.)
* [http://www.nao.rl.ac.uk/nao/publicat/ Star Almanac for Land Surveyors]

Astrological almanacs

* Panjika - Hindu almanac in Bengali

Fictional almanacs

* "Gray's Sports Almanac", featured in "Back to the Future Part II"
* "Ankh-Morpork Almanack and Book of Days", from various "Discworld" novels (a version has been published as "The Discworld Almanak")

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