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lunar calendar

American  
[loon-er kal-uhn-der] / ˈlun ər ˈkæl ən dər /

noun

  • lunar calendars
    plural
  1. a calendar based on the phases of the moon, so that each month corresponds to one complete cycle of moon phases.

  2. lunisolar calendar.


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Hindus follow a lunar calendar, and Dussehra falls on the 10th day after Navratri, a nine-night festival of worship and celebrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Book of Jubilees, one of the important works preserved in the Qumran library, strongly criticizes the prevailing lunar calendar.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, while also putting a greater focus on worship, charity and good deeds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar; the month cycles through the seasons.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Creating a stable calendar was a problem for most ancient peoples, because they generally started out with a lunar calendar: the length of a month was the time between successive full moons.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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