| The new moon of the ninth month of the lunar calendar shines down on an Afghanistan that is struggling with the uncertainties of a fragile peace. |
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| It is celebrated on the first full moon of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which this year falls on Thursday. |
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| Over a few years the months would begin to misalign with their associated seasons on a lunar calendar. |
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| The Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar and so varies from year to year. |
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| The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. |
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| In addition, they have several festivals that are peculiar to the lunar calendar and have a seasonal significance. |
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| On Bali a lunar calendar New Year's day is celebrated with fasting, prayer, silence, and inactivity. |
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| The Hittites, who had a lunar calendar, believed the world would end about 100 B.C., when it reached an even number. |
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| On the first and 12 th day of every month in the lunar calendar, many people come here to burn incense. |
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| As Ramadan is set by a lunar calendar, its date changes by 11 days every year. |
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| The lunar calendar and almanacs are also used to determine auspicious and inauspicious days for doing various endeavors, from starting a business, to getting married. |
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| Since the lunar year is shorter than the tropical year, the lunar calendar travels all through the seasons, making a complete cycle in about 33 years. |
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| But his efforts will be rewarded years from now, said Karim, thanks to the lunar calendar. |
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| The dates of the hajj depend on the lunar calendar, and move forward each year. |
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| Ramadan is based on the lunar calendar, so it moves back about 10 days each year. |
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| The lunar calendar is based upon the cycles of the moon and has 12 animals, one to represent each year of the lunisolar cycle. |
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| A seven-day week does not accord well with either a solar or a lunar calendar. |
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| The lunar calendar and new year festivities date from ancient times. |
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| Also called the Lantern Festival, this event is an important traditional occasion, falling on the 15th day of the first month on the lunar calendar. |
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| Religious festivals meanwhile follow the lunar calendar and therefore change slightly each year. |
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| The date of 6 February marks the eve of the Spring Festival: the new year of Chinese lunar calendar. |
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| The red boar's head marks the fact that Dr. Poy was born in the Year of the Boar according to the Chinese lunar calendar. |
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| Maimonides' Code contains laws for fixing the date of the New Moon and calculating the lunar calendar. |
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| Seven years after, there was a further spiritual impulse on his 49th birthday, according to the lunar calendar. |
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| Ramadan is set according to the lunar calendar, so it doesn't always take place on the same dates. |
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| According to legend, those who pray to this Katpawi Buddha, on the first and fifteenth full days of each month on the lunar calendar, will achieve their desires. |
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| In China's lunar calendar, 2008 marks the Year of Rat, an animal which symbolises shrewdness and success. |
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| According to the Metonic cycle, a lunar calendar begins on the same solar date every 19 years. |
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| These early humans used manganese and iron oxides to paint pictures and may have created one early lunar calendar around 15,000 years ago. |
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| Fishing is then postponed for another lunation, which they insert in the lunar calendar, thus having a year of 13 instead of the usual 12 lunations. |
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| The most significant of all the early attempts to provide some commensurability between a religious lunar calendar and the tropical year was the Metonic cycle. |
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| An unwitting approximation to the tropical year may also be obtained by intercalation, using a simple lunar calendar and observations of animal behaviour. |
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| This is in the lead up to the festival, which traditionally takes place on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. |
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| However, Rahman said that Bangladeshis celebrate festivities that fall in the lunar calendar as well. |
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| That's why there are 29 and 30 days by turns in lunar calendar. |
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| The Celts employed a 62 month old lunar calendar. |
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| The SPF-40 delivers helpful functions for the deep sea fisher and open sea sailor: digital compass, barometer, thermometer, ebb and flow indicator, lunar calendar function and yacht timer. |
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| The dates of both change each year, according to lunar calendar. |
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| It is from the lunar calendar the seven day week is counted. |
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| This was a lunar calendar that was used to document the phases of the moon. |
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| Some rites are oriented towards seasonal changes, and may be fixed by the solar or lunar calendar. |
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| A rare alignment on the local lunar calendar led to Taizhou city centre being swamped in flower-covered cars bearing brides, grooms and families. |
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| Called by numerous names like Mooncake Festival, the Mid Autumn Festival is held on the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. |
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| The auspicious occasion will be celebrated on the ninth day of Chaitra month in the Hindu lunar calendar. |
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| According to the extant documents, the date of this mosque goes back to 1240 Hejira computed according to lunar calendar. |
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| It is a lunar calendar with days lasting from sunset to sunset. |
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| Like the Western calendar, The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a yearly one, with the start of the lunar year being based on the cycles of the moon. |
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| The Buddhist majority observe Poya Days each month according to the Lunar calendar, and Hindus and Muslims also observe their own holidays. |
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