tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post5770549995608480527..comments2023-10-01T14:37:09.159+01:00Comments on Maysaloon - ميسلون: The Arab calendarMaysaloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-4334549474601810052008-11-08T17:43:00.000+00:002008-11-08T17:43:00.000+00:00Your comment is also a real education Sasa. Tayeb ...Your comment is also a real education Sasa. Tayeb tell me, what would be involved in revivifying it do you think, I´d be intrigued to see if we could turn this into a project...La Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285499145979180673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-61457935190015066152008-11-08T16:18:00.000+00:002008-11-08T16:18:00.000+00:00That's a real education, thank you!I think the rea...That's a real education, thank you!<BR/><BR/>I think the reason most of us don't know anything about the Hijri calendar is because it contains some basic contradictions. Rabeaa Al Akher - the End of Spring, for example, moves through the year so that sometimes it will not actually be the end of spring, but the start of autumn.<BR/><BR/>The problem that the calendar is not aligned with the earth year is only because we have failed to take account of the growth of scientific knowledge (i.e. that an earth year is just over 365 days - not 12 x moon orbits).<BR/><BR/>It's a shame because, at the moment, it is a dead calendar. It wouldn't take much to bring it back to life.<BR/><BR/>The Gregorian calendar uses months too - but they aren't tied to moon orbits any more, and so they still have relevance to people's lives.sasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342230868589612986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-48212496363299083802008-10-28T10:26:00.000+00:002008-10-28T10:26:00.000+00:00Thank you SB, I did indeed. I've made the changes ...Thank you SB, I did indeed. I've made the changes and they are now in the right order!Maysaloonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-80303457276463096972008-10-27T23:45:00.000+00:002008-10-27T23:45:00.000+00:00You've miscounted the months, my friend!..Sha'aban...You've miscounted the months, my friend!..<BR/>Sha'aban is the EIGHTH month, Ramadan is the NINETH, and so on.. otherwise, you end up with an eleven-month year!..The Syrian Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918783557049896806noreply@blogger.com