| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 942 CMXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1695 |
| Armenian calendar | 391 ԹՎ ՅՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5692 |
| Bengali calendar | 349 |
| Berber calendar | 1892 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1486 |
| Burmese calendar | 304 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6450–6451 |
| Chinese calendar |
辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3638 or 3578 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3639 or 3579 |
| Coptic calendar | 658–659 |
| Discordian calendar | 2108 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 934–935 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4702–4703 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 998–999 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 863–864 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4042–4043 |
| Holocene calendar | 10942 |
| Iranian calendar | 320–321 |
| Islamic calendar | 330–331 |
| Japanese calendar |
Tengyō 5 (天慶5年) |
| Javanese calendar | 842–843 |
| Julian calendar | 942 CMXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3275 |
| Minguo calendar | 970 before ROC 民前970年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −526 |
| Seleucid era | 1253/1254 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1484–1485 |
Year 942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.