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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 8<br />

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

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information<br />

Season of <strong>Pr</strong>oyet (Sowing)<br />

Month of Mekhir (Rekh-Ur)<br />

Day 17<br />

Zoroastrian information<br />

(Fasli calendar)<br />

Month of Day (tenth month)<br />

Day of Srosh<br />

Day 17<br />

The day of Srosh celebrates the Av. Sraosha, Yazad of “Hearkening” (paying attention). Special<br />

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: “(135) On the day of<br />

Srosh ask a boon of the blessed Srosh for the salvation of your soul.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a<br />

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

The third week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates moral qualities.<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 />

Beth (B)<br />

Birch Moon<br />

Day 9<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 />

starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on<br />

Samhain.<br />

Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree<br />

(second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month<br />

listed below). Robert Graves claimed that the Celts used a 13 month tree calendar. Critics dispute this<br />

claim. Graves’ claims are based on 19th century work by Edward Davies, who found references to the<br />

trees in the 1685 work Ogygia by Ruairi Ó Flaitheartaigh, which was in turn derived from oral history<br />

and older works such as Book of Ballymote and Auraicept na n-Éces.<br />

Polarity: Feminine<br />

Planet: Sun<br />

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