Table 5-4. Calendar movement commands
| Keystrokes | Command name | Action |
|---|---|---|
| (none) Tools → Display Calendar | calendar | Display the calendar. |
| .Goto → Today | calendar-goto-today | Move to today's date. |
| C-f | calendar-forward-day | Move forward a day. |
| C-b | calendar-backward-day | Move backward a day. |
| C-n | calendar-forward-week | Move forward a week. |
| C-p | calendar-backward-week | Move backward a week. |
| M-} | calendar-forward-month | Move forward one month. |
| M-{ | calendar-backward-month | Move backward a month. |
| C-x ] Scroll → Forward 1 Year | calendar-forward-year | Move forward a year. |
| C-x [ Scroll → Backward 1 Year | calendar-backward-year | Move backward a year. |
| C-a Goto → Beginning of Week | calendar-beginning-of-week | Move to the beginning of the week. |
| C-e Goto → End of Week | calendar-end-of-week | Move to the end of the week. |
| M-a Goto → Beginning of Month | calendar-beginning-of-month | Move to the beginning of the month. |
| M-e Goto → End of Month | calendar-end-of-month | Move to the end of the month. |
| M-< Goto → Beginning of Year | calendar-beginning-of-year | Move to the beginning of the year. |
| M-> Goto → End of Year | calendar-end-of-year | Move to the end of the year. |
| g d Goto → Other Date | calendar-goto-date | Go to the specified date. |
| o | calendar-other-month | Put the specified month in the middle of the display. |
| C-x < Scroll → Forward 1 Month | scroll-calendar-left | Scroll forward one month. |
| C-x > Scroll → Backward 1 Month | scroll-calendar-right | Scroll backward one month. |
| C-v Scroll → Forward 3 Months | scroll-calendar-left-three-months | Scroll forward three months. |
| M-v Scroll → Forward 3 Months | scroll-calendar-right-three-months | Scroll backward three months. |
| Space | scroll-other-window | Scroll another window. |
5.5.1.2 Displaying holidays
Let's move to a topic everyone is interested in: holidays. To display the holidays for the part of the calendar you are looking at, type a (for list-calendar-holidays) or select 3 Months from the Holidays menu.
Type: a
Emacs lists holidays for the time period shown.
As you can see, Emacs knows about a fairly wide variety of holidays or, as it calls them, "notable dates." If you are somewhere else on the calendar but want to see holidays surrounding the current month, type M-x holidays. Emacs lists them. To see whether today is a holiday, type h or select One Day from the Holidays menu.