| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 30, 2006, 13:43 |
On 1/30/06, Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> wrote:> Happy New Year of the Hegira to all our Muslim colleagues!You're a little early on that one. The Muslim month (and hence year) doesn't begin with the astronomical New Moon, but with the first sighting of the new crescent in the evening sky. Hijric year 1427 will thus not begin in most regions until either tonight or tomorrow night at sunset.> Happy New Lunar Year to all East Asian colleagues!Indeed! Welcome to year 丙-戌, of the (female fiery) Dog, reckoned by Chinese expats in the West as year 4704 of the Huángdì era. May it be a good one! -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
| Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |