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Pr Ntr Kmt World Religious Calendar Pagan Holy Days

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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 622<br />

astrological information 2008<br />

Moon Square mars: The Moon is square Mars at 2:39 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.<br />

calendar information<br />

Information about this day using different calendars from around the world.<br />

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information<br />

Season of Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)<br />

Month of Epipi or Epep-abet (Wadjet)<br />

Day 18<br />

Zoroastrian information<br />

(Fasli calendar)<br />

Month of Hordad (third month)<br />

Day of Tir (or Tishtar)<br />

Day 13<br />

The day of Tishtar celebrates the Av. Tishtrya, The Star Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens.<br />

Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the day’s spiritual being.<br />

Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: “(131) On the day of Tir<br />

(Sirius) send your children to learn archery and jousting and horsemanship.” Adarbad Mahraspandan<br />

was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).<br />

The second seven days (second week) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates light and nature.<br />

The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.<br />

Celtic (ancient Druid) information<br />

Ogham tree calendar<br />

Huath (H)<br />

Hawthorn Moon<br />

Day 20<br />

The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during<br />

antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by<br />

Neo-<strong>Pagan</strong>s, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here)<br />

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