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This scientific chart is a gorgeous alternative to a wall calendar

Rebecca Harrington

2015-11-23T16:33:00Z

Paper calendars were due for an update.

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The Hungarian design studio Anagraphic has created a beautiful way to visualize all of the celestial information that the traditional boxes just can't accommodate:

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Ok, so it's not as simple as your average wall calendar. But this year's version — a new take on the first one made in 2009 — is an award-winning design for a reason.

Here's how to read an Anaptar calendar.

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Graphic designer Anna Farkas founded Anagraphic in 1999.

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"I conducted a survey some years ago on how people see a year," Farkas says. "It turned out that almost everyone saw it linearly. It seemed that it was cyclical only in my head, that is I saw it in a unique way."

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Source: Anagraphic

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This is the version for 2016. It's 27.6 by 39.4 inches.

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It has information specific to a particular city. New York is the only American city Anagraphic makes.

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The months are in the center, followed by the days.

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The wavy lines represent the distance between the Earth and the moon, as the satellite orbits us in an imperfect oval.

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The calendar lists holidays specific to that location.

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And includes celestial events like solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and phases of the moon.

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The calendar even tells you what time of day these lunar events will take place.

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Dots tracing back toward the center even mark out sunrise, sunset, the peak time of sunlight ("solar noon"), moonrise, and moonset.

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Looking at each year's calendars back-to-back, they seem to spin like the Earth and moon.

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The 2016 New York version is $39.03. There's also London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Vienna and Budapest.

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We're definitely adding this to our geeky gift lists.

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