Sentences with phrase «day lunar calendar»
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Islam operates on the «lunar» calendar and is 11 days earlier each year.
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Because Muslims follow a lunar calendar, the holiday falls roughly 11 days earlier with each passing year.
Since the Jewish calendar is lunar based, every year the first day of Hanukkah falls on a different day — usually sometime between late November and late December.
40 weeks adds up to nine calendar months (with 30 or 31 days each) or ten lunar months (with 28 days each)(10).
In lunar religious calendars, Chaitra is the first month and its first day is celebrated as the beginning of a New Year.
Unlike the American New Year, which starts on the first day of January, the Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar and the winter solstice, and falls later than the Western New Year.
Screw the lunar calendar, Memorial Day weekend is the true sign that summer has arrived.
In the lunar calendar, the Chinese usher in the new year of ram and this celebration usually last for 15 days.
Chinese New Year celebrations, also known as the Spring Festival, in China start on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the Chinese calendar.
«Jungbok», second of the three dog days or one of the hottest days of the year by lunar calendar falls on Thursday, July 29 this year.
Plan ahead and look at a lunar calendar when booking your whale watching adventure to make the most of your time on Ambergris Caye, and be prepared for an early start on the day itself.
Nyepi is ultimately the quietest day in Bali, which marks a lunar new year based on the Saka calendar.
The Balinese lunar calendar is filled with auspicious days of religious and cultural significance.
Nyepi or «silent day» has just passed and right after Nyepi, Bali enter Kadasa the tenth month of Balinese lunar calendar.
«In the evening on the Chinese lunar calendar day of 11 Dec. 774, i.e., 17 Jan..
February, thanks to its already short length and leap days, has missed having a full moon several times in recorded history; in 1999 not only did February have no full moon, but the misalignment between the human calendar and the lunar calendar led to January and April having two.
Unlike the American New Year, which starts on the first day of January, the Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar and the winter solstice, and falls later than the Western New Year.