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Nuna
Nuna
Native name	ࡍࡅࡍࡀ (Classical Mandaic)
Calendar	Mandaean calendar
Month number	2
Number of days	30
Season	sitwa (winter)
Gregorian equivalent	August / September
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Nuna (Classical Mandaic: ࡍࡅࡍࡀ), alternatively known as Adar (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡃࡀࡓ),^[1] is the second month of the Mandaean calendar.^[2] Light fasting is practiced by Mandaeans on the 25th day of Nuna.^[3]

It is the Mandaic name for the constellation Pisces.^[2] It currently corresponds to August / September in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

References

^ Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
^ ^a ^b Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
^ Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.

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[Häberl_2022-1] Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.

[Bhayro_2020-2] Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

[Gelbert_2005-3] Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.

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Nuna (month)

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