Search results for "Lunar calendar" - New World Encyclopedia
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- :For related lunar festivals celebrated on the same day, see Mid-Autumn ... of each month according to the old lunar calendar. The best night for observing ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- When the lunar calendar was changed to the Gregorian calendar at the ... night of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar. ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- the annual dates change according to the lunar cycles. The Amantnm ("ending ... named using the designation in the Indian calendar. A lunar half-month is 15 ...17 KB (2,633 words) - 15:51, 29 January 2024
- day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and ... day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 18:53, 21 May 2024
- countries. It is the first day of the lunar calendar and is corrected for ... calendar. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and so this New Year ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- constellations in the Astronomical Julian calendar years (in which the year ... due to imperfections in the Gregorian calendar. Ecliptic longitude ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves ... can completely envelop the Moon during a lunar eclipse. ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- of the last month of every quarter of the calendar year. On a day which has ... in many East Asian countries. As the lunar calendar is not synchronous with ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- |date = Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)[https://www ... |frequency=every year (lunar calendar) }} Ramadan (also spelled Ramzan ...25 KB (3,551 words) - 00:32, 8 December 2022
- pictures and may have created the first calendar around 15,000 years ago ... uk/1/hi/sci/tech/975360.stm “Oldest lunar calendar identified.”] BBC ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It has been in continual use in ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- promote a solar calendar instead of a lunar calendar (the Jewish religion ... the scrolls and the Essenes is the solar calendar contained in some of the ...18 KB (2,848 words) - 16:03, 7 December 2022
- knowledge as regulator of the calendar was of prime importance ... timekeeping. The Chinese used a lunisolar calendar, but because the cycles ...30 KB (4,747 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, corresponding to mid ... Festival celebrated on the same day in the lunar calendar. ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- He also observed that the method of lunar distances could be used to ... of Earth. In 1474, he published his own calendar Kalendarium. ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 03:03, 8 December 2022
- particular field organized according to a calendar. Astronomical data and various ... The calendar is not only a tool for organizing information and dates ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- reflects the light of the universe. He made the lunar month consist of 29½ days, the lunar year of 354, and the solar year of 365½ days. ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 04:13, 24 November 2022
- *The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on August ... *In the ancient Roman calendar, Sextilis was the sixth month. After ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- adopted by Hillel II in 359 c.e.. The lunar calendar moved the date for the ... Meïr's attempt to alter the Jewish calendar. Saadia addressed a warning ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- ===Festivals of the lunar calendar=== Twenty-four turning points (jeolgi ... and special events still use the lunar calendar. The biggest festival ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
