THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1854, Being the latter part of the 78th, and the beginning of the 79th year of the Independence of the United States of America; I 66 the 6567th year of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 5614th, and the beginning of the 5615th the 2601st year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been as- ☀ Mercury. Pallas. Venus. Ceres. 2 Jupiter. Herschel or Uranus. I Neptune. * A fixed star. 6 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition, or differing 180° in 66 The ascending, U the descending node. The sign is prefixed to the latitude, or declination, of the Sun, or other heavenly body, when north, and the sign when south; but the former prefixed to the hourly motion of the Moon in latitude indicates that she is approaching, and the latter that she is receding from, the north pole of the ecliptic. The letters M. A., m. a., denote Morning and Afternoon. Dominical Letter, Epact, CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. 1 A Solar Cycle, Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number, 12 | Julian Period, [The anniversaries marked with an asterisk (*) are to be strictly observed.] 21st, *Seventh Feast, 66 16th, *Second Feast, or Morrow of the Passover, Apr. 14, " 66 22d, *End of the Passover, . Apr. 29, " May 16, " May 28," June 2, " June 3, " June 27, July 13, " July 26, " Aug. 3, " Aug. 25," Sept. 23," Sept. 24, " Sept. 25," 66 17th, Fast for the taking of the Temple, . "9th, *Fast for the burning of the Temple, "10th, *Fast of the Reconciliation or Atonement, Oct. 2, 66 |