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a calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon, as opposed to the revolution of the earth around the sun; a calendar of the lunar year
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Lunar calendar — A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the lunar phase. A common purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar or Hijri calendar. A feature of the Islamic calendar is that a year is always 12 months, so the months are not… … Wikipedia
lunar calendar — ▪ chronology any dating system based on a year consisting of synodic months i.e., complete cycles of phases of the Moon. In every solar year (or year of the seasons), there are about 12.37 synodic months. Therefore, if a lunar year calendar … Universalium
lunar calendar — noun a calendar based on lunar cycles • Hypernyms: ↑calendar • Hyponyms: ↑Roman calendar, ↑Islamic calendar, ↑Muhammadan calendar, ↑Mohammedan calendar, ↑Moslem calendar, ↑Muslim calendar … Useful english dictionary
lunar calendar — /lunə ˈkæləndə/ (say loohnuh kaluhnduh) noun a calendar based on a lunar year …
Thai lunar calendar — The Thai lunar calendar (Thai: ปฏิทินจันทรคติ Patitin Chantarakati) (literally, Against the Sun Moon Ways ) is Thailand s version of the lunisolar Buddhist calendar used in the southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos and Burma. Based on the… … Wikipedia
CALENDAR — (Heb. לוּחַ, lu aḥ). The present Jewish calendar is lunisolar, the months being reckoned according to the moon and the years according to the sun. A month is the period of time between one conjunction of the moon with the sun and the next. The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Lunar New Year — refers to the beginning of the year in several calendars. It is commonly assumed that they are all based on a lunar calendar. However, this is not the case.Several sinospheric cultures new year is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar: *… … Wikipedia
calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any … Universalium
Calendar — For other uses, see Calendar (disambiguation). For the Gregorian calendar for this year, see Common year starting on Saturday. A page from the Hindu calendar 1871–1872. A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial,… … Wikipedia
Lunar phase — Moon phase redirects here. For the manga and anime series, see Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as libration. The… … Wikipedia
