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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
The Hajj is one of the five Pillars of Islam and takes place in the 12th month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, focusing on worship, charity and good deeds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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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