solar month

American  

[sohl-er muhnth] / ˈsoʊl ər ˈmʌnθ /

noun

1. Astronomy. Also called tropical month. one twelfth of a solar year, typically corresponding to a calendar month, 28–31 days in length.

2. Astrology. the unit of time marked by the sun's passage through any one of the signs of the zodiac, approximately 30.44 days.

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solar month British  

noun

1. See month

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solar month Scientific  

1. See under solar time

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Example Sentences

The time interval in which the phases repeat—say, from full to full—is the solar month, 29.5306 days.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The initial day of the year is the first day of the solar month Mēsha, now falling on 12th or 13th April.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

The civil days of the lunar month begin, like those of the solar month, at sunrise, and bear in the same way the names of the weekdays.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

The first day of the solar month Kanyā now falls on 15th or 16th September.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

The civil solar month begins with its first civil day, which is determined, in different localities, in the same manner with the first civil day of the Mēshādi year, as indicated above.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various