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4-418: (Redirected from Golden Number ) Golden number may mean: Golden number (time) , a number assigned to a calendar year denoting its place in a Metonic cycle Golden ratio , an irrational mathematical constant with special properties in arts and mathematics Fibonacci number , a sequence of numbers which converges on the golden ratio Topics referred to by

8-578: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Golden number (time) A golden number (sometimes capitalized) is a number assigned to each year in sequence which is used to indicate the dates of all the calendric new moons for each year in a 19-year Metonic cycle . They are used in computus (the calculation of the date of Easter ) and also in Runic calendars . The golden number of any Julian or Gregorian calendar year can be calculated by dividing

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16-485: The year by 19, taking the remainder, and adding 1. (In mathematics this can be expressed as ( year number modulo 19) + 1.) For example, 2024 divided by 19 gives 106, remainder 10. Adding 1 to the remainder gives a golden number of 11. The golden number, as it was later called, first appears in a calendar composed by Abbo of Fleury around the year 1000. Around 1162 a certain Master William referred to this number as

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