Articles, tagged with "lunar calendar", page 3
24th September 2010
India - a country abode to diverse religions. A nation that binds multiple races, castes, creeds and ethnic groups in a common chord of mutual respect, love and harmony. Festivals form the most integral part of Indian society. Filling the air with vibrant...
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Author:
yashmisra
25th August 2010
Diwali, most commonly known as Deepavali, is celebrated in India with great joy and pump. It is also most commonly known as the festival of lights. Diwali or deepavali is celebrated on the last day of the last month of lunar calendar. During this period, ...
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Author:
anjuri singh
24th August 2010
Known to be one of Asia's most colourful celebrations, the people of Bangkok take to the streets in numbers wearing nothing but robes below their waists and women dressed in cloth as a sign of worship. The festival dedicated to the moon on its ninth month...
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Author:
Pushpitha Wijesinghe
20th August 2010
History
The Hindu solar calendar based on the Surya Siddhanta commences in mid-April of the Gregorian year. The first day of this calendar is celebrated as the traditional New Year in various parts of South Asia, including Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Manipur,...
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Author:
hasxls@gmail.com
13th July 2010
Chinese New Year is one of the thanksgiving events celebrated with great fervor and joy. The chinese new year is fifteen days event when the whole nation feels united as they can imagine each other's enjoyment and greetings. chinese new year calendar play...
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Author:
rahulkumar
12th July 2010
Vietnam is a country in the Eastern Hemisphere that was influenced by China for many years. Therefore, the Chinese New Year and Tet, the Vietnamese New Year have many similarities. Tet is the abbreviation of Tet Nguyen Dan which means the first mornin...
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Author:
Anne Brown
07th July 2010
Ramadan in 2010 will begin on Wednesday, the 11th of August and will continue for 30 days until Thursday, the 9th of SeptemberCentered on the Sighting of MoonNote that in the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the earlier morning, so obser...
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Ramadan Piety
29th June 2010
Savannakhet, Laos is component of a province that bridges Thailand and Vietnam, creating the town a highly active junction of trade and commerce. Situated on the banks on the historic Mekong River, this Lao Bao border can be reached numerous ways, generat...
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Author:
michelle123
02nd June 2010
Diwali is a festival celebrated by those of the Hindu, Jain and Sikh faiths. It is also known as Deepavali (In Sanskrit). It literally means row of light and as such has become the festival of light. Each vein of believers attributes different stories as ...
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Author:
Pushpitha Wijesinghe
23rd April 2010
What is exactly a horoscope?
If we ask this from anyone then it will be defined as the horoscope is a future prediction where people who have knowledge about it tell you about your future. Basically horoscope is not the exact future predictions it is j...
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Author:
rahulkumar
23rd February 2010
Why February has 28 days goes back to the Roman times. The year of the Roman times had only 10 months which was based on the lunar cycle, having only 29 and half days. While talking about February, we want to know why Easter falls on different days every ...
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Author:
Tauqeer Ul Hassan
20th January 2010
Time passes day by day, minutes by minutes and seconds by seconds same as with the months and years and the last day of the year that is 31st December is the time to give farewell to the going year and welcoming the new year. 2010 arrived but in some plac...
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Author:
goyalchaman
07th January 2010
We've seen climate weather, world economic changes and political and government leadership changes. In spiritual, mystical and metaphysical circles, everyone is talking about and predicting change, the biggest of which is, of course, the fact that the May...
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Author:
Nina Amir
05th January 2010
In the West, we tend to think that there is only one calendar, but there are dozens of them around the world. And what is more, there were probably hundreds of them before. All defunct now either because ours is more precise or because theirs did not fit ...
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Author:
Owen Jones
22nd December 2009
The most important event in all of China, the marking of the New Year on the lunar calendar is an event that brings about massive celebrations throughout the nation. The upcoming Chinese New Year is set to fall on the 26th of January 2010 and visitors to ...
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Author:
Pushpitha Wijesinghe