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Lunar month is a little over 29 days on average. And most lunar calendars do not align with solar year but rather have leap months added. E.g. Hebrew calendar [
by pointlessone 4y ago
Lunar month is a little over 29 days on average. And most lunar calendars do not align with solar year but rather have leap months added. E.g. Hebrew calendar [1].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar
- detaro 4y agoOk, you made me look up an example: "The Ethiopian calendar has twelve months of thirty days plus five or six epagomenal days, which comprise a thirteenth month." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercalation_(timekeeping) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercalation_(timekeeping) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar I guess its the choice if you fix the offset every year or wait until you accumulate a full month of offset.