Concept in Definition ABC

An almanac is an annual publication that is characterized by collecting in it all the most important data or news about a certain subject.
In the almanac it is common to find astronomical data, statistics, and information about the movement sun, moon, eclipses, holidays and featured timelines.

The word has an Arabic origin equivalent to that of the word weather and that precisely has to do with the original purpose for which it was created and used in the first place: in the farming to provide information on the weather and seasons of the year.

The antecedent of the almanac is the greek climate calendar known as Parapegma. The astronomer Ptolemy He was the first to make a type like the one mentioned in which a list of climatic changes characteristic of the regular seasons would appear. The first and last appearances of the stars, the constellations of dawn and dusk, solar events such as the solstice, among others.
Meanwhile, in addition to these climatic considerations to favor the work of the farmer, the calendars of yesteryear used to contain some moral and hygiene recommendations for the people.

Later, with the diffusion of the printing press, the almanacs undoubtedly became very widespread publications and required by the public belonging to different social classes, that is, poor and rich had their almanacs.

The almanacs that predominate today have expanded their horizons and include statistical and descriptive data that concern the entire world.
Topics of interest and historical events are the contents that currently abound most in today's almanacs.
Among the themes most reflected by the almanacs we find the following: geography, medicine, health, business, government, agriculture, demographics, religion, media communication, sport, awards, among others. Likewise, it is possible to meet with specialized almanacs , such is the case of an almanac on politics North American.

On the other hand, the almanac is also designated as the registro or Catalogue of all the days of the year, distributed by days, weeks and months, which has astronomical data such as the changes of the moon, meteorological and even religious. Juana knows the saints of each day thanks to her almanac.