| 单词 | lunar month |
| 例句 | No matter how you arrange it, 12 lunar months only add up to about 354 days—roughly 11 short of the solar year’s length. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But the lunar month is between 29 and 30 days long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Thirteen lunar months yield roughly 19 days too many. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The 29 performances, featuring a different monologue each night at 7 at the Public Theater, will align with the 29-day cycle of a lunar month, running Sept. ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ Is Monologues on New York 2013-08-15T02:00:01Z Work your way around the lake counterclockwise, stopping first at Phu Tay Ho, a pagoda complex at the tip of a peninsula that’s thronged with worshipers on the first and 15th of the lunar month. 36 Hours in Hanoi 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The pilgrimage starts on the eighth day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul Hijjah, which this year corresponded to 26 June in the Gregorian calendar, and lasts five to six says. Hajj: Price rises making pilgrimage increasingly unaffordable 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The festival which marks the last full-moon day of the lunar month celebrates the beginning of spring and the victory of good over evil. Holi 2023: India celebrates festival of colours 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z They also give up meat, sex and alcohol in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar to achieve good health and peace of mind, in a tradition that goes back 150 years. Thai vegetarian festival returns after COVID hiatus 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z According to the International Canoe Federation, the first known dragon boat races were held in China during the fifth lunar month of the Chinese calendar more than 2,000 years ago. How to paddle with the Seattle Flying Dragon Boat Club — for free 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The Maya did not attempt to correlate their calendar accurately with the length of the year or lunar month. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The state became the first state in the country to approve a ballot measure to protect abortion in the first “four lunar months” of pregnancy, Humes-Schulz said. With potential reversal of Roe v. Wade, Washington abortion-rights advocates brace for patient influx 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The festival is celebrated on the night of the full moon of the 12th lunar month, which traditionally marks the end of the rainy season. Thailand’s festival honoring rivers also pollutes them 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z But in a mundane, mechanistic sense, a year’s 13th full moon may be explained by citing the different number of days in a lunar month and in a calendar month. That’s our 13th full moon of 2020 shining up there as the year ends 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Ashura is the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram when, according to Islamic tradition, Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, was killed in battle in 680. Iran's coronavirus death toll exceeds 21,000: health ministry 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Each year, many practising Muslims fast from dawn to sunset for the whole of the lunar month - either 29 or 30 days - as part of the ritual of dedicating oneself to contemplation and prayer. Fasting for Ramadan safely during coronavirus 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Each year, many practising Muslims fast from dawn to dusk for the whole of the lunar month - either 29 or 30 days - as part of the ritual of dedicating oneself to contemplation and prayer. Ramadan: Fasting safely during coronavirus crisis 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z The event takes place in the autumn and peaks on the darkest day of the Hindu lunar month, Kartik. The triumph of good over evil: Celebrating Diwali in Bellevue 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Ramadan is the ninth lunar month in the Muslim calendar, during which it is said that the Prophet Muhammad first received the Quran, the Islamic holy book. Muslims in Southern California prepare for beginning of Ramadan 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Holi festival falls on the last full moon of the lunar month. Hindu festival of colours celebrated 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The lunar month is in May and June this year, with the long days making the fast a grueling 15- or 16-hour test of stamina. Egypt coach facing obstacle of Ramadan ahead of World Cup 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It’s been more than full lunar month since the spectacular solar eclipse of 2017 paraded its way across the United States to the shouts and cheers of millions of elated viewers. Out of the Shadow 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright started the tradition 18 years ago of America's top diplomat hosting a public event for Ramadan, a lunar month. Exclusive: Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department - sources 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The lowest low tides occur predictably during specific days of the lunar month at a specific time of day. The genomic basis of circadian and circalunar timing adaptations in a midge : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z One Chinese tradition says restless spirits are on the prowl on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. A Brief History of Real Ghostbusters 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z It was also able to align the number of lunar months with years and display where the sun and the moon were in the zodiac. In mapping eclipses, world's first computer maybe also told fortunes 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Before that time, a Roman year was ten days shorter than our years are, and divided into lunar months. The Tangled History of Leap Years 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The festival still centers on the darkest, new moon night at the end of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin, which this year falls on Nov. 11. Happy Diwali! Check Out These Photos of the Festival of Lights 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The Vegetarian Festival begins on the eve of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar and is observed primarily in Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Myanmar. Bike piercings? Just part of Thailand veggie festival, where only flesh of the devout harmed 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z This year, Ramadan is expected to begin on the evening of June 17 or 18 and last 29 or 30 days, depending on the length of the lunar month and on Wednesday night’s sightings. Why Muslims Celebrate Ramadan 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The month of fasting will end on either Friday 17 July or Saturday 18 July, as there are either 29 or 30 days in a lunar month. Ramadan: a guide to the Islamic holy month 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z And on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month — believed to be the mummified monk’s birthday — the village celebrated with a festival featuring performances and a bountiful vegetarian feast. Mummy Displayed in Hungary Sets Chinese Villagers in Pursuit of Lost Icon 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Those rituals are said to facilitate the gods’ trip to heaven, where they issue reports to a celestial emperor about the family’s behavior over the preceding 12 lunar months. On Vietnamese Television, Tradition Meets Satire Every Lunar New Year’s Eve 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z It is in fact a lunar-solar mix, with an extra lunar month added every so often to stay in line with a wholly solar calendar. Lunar eclipse 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z For example, the Chinese New Year is the first day of the first lunar month and is celebrated with parties, dinners and an annual custom of house cleaning in order to sweep away any ill-fortune. Why Tomorrow Will Be The World's Biggest Shopping Day 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The festival peaks on the 15th day of the lunar month — the most auspicious — when families offer cooked food to the ghosts. AP Photos: Spirits roam during HK ghost festival 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Holi marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring and is celebrated on the last full moon of the lunar month. Pictures: Colourful Holi celebrations in India 2014-03-17T14:27:54Z New Year festivities start on the first day of the lunar month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. Pictures: Countdown to Chinese New Year 2014-01-29T15:07:15Z Excavations of a field at Crathes Castle found a series of 12 pits which appear to mimic the phases of the moon and track lunar months. 'World's oldest calendar' in field 2013-07-15T02:01:43Z Millions of people across Vietnam are celebrating the Moon Festival, with 30 September 2012 marking the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. VIDEO: Changing times for Vietnam festival 2012-09-30T02:55:26Z During Ramadan, the ninth lunar month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk. Ramadan fasting not linked to preterm births 2012-08-10T20:49:07Z A year consists of twelve lunar months; so that every two or three years it becomes necessary to add another month: in nineteen years there are seventeen of these intercalated months. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The civil days of the lunar month begin, like those of the solar month, at sunrise, and bear in the same way the names of the weekdays. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The average time of normal human gestation is ten lunar months or forty weeks. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z In the days of Numa it consisted of twelve lunar months, with a system of intercalation something like that of the Greeks. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Their year is divided into 13 lunar months, and the days of the week are as follows:— Monday. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z For ten further lunar months, it is dependent upon her for the food by which it lives. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The present names of the lunar months, indicated above, were derived from the nakshatras, which are certain conspicuous stars and groups of stars lying more or less along the neighbourhood of the ecliptic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z It is a lunar month, but this year coincides almost exactly with the month of August on the Gregorian calendar used in most of the West. Taliban leaders may take Ramadan break: U.S. military 2011-07-31T09:51:39Z The great difficulty of the Greeks arose from the attempt to do what the wiser Egyptians and Hebrews seem to have abandoned—namely, to divide the year solely by lunar months. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The Greeks divided their lunar month into decades, having thus three festival days in a month. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z The ante-natal life of the embryo is set in terms of lunar months. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Like the lunar year, the lunar month begins for religious purposes with its first lunar day, and for civil purposes with its first civil day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Whether we have not in this way created a tradition tending to delay parturition by a lunar month in many cases, is a problem that requires careful study. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z But every leap-year one day must be added to the lunar month in which the 29th of February is included. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z A lunar month consisting of sometimes twenty-nine and sometimes thirty days, the period between rest days was sometimes six days as in a week, and sometimes seven days. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z During those ten lunar months there is enacted in the tender darkness of the mother's womb the whole wonderful drama of the Human transfiguration. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Its years are lunar, with lunar months, but seem liable to be sometimes regarded as solar, with solar months, when they are cited in almanacs of Southern India which present the solar calendar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z It is in them that the unfavorable or mistaken suggestion may be emphasized to such a degree as to delay labor for a lunar month or even more. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z In connecting the lunar month with the solar year, the framers of the ecclesiastical calendar adopted the period of Meton, or lunar cycle, which they supposed to be exact. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z There were five of these Sabbaths in Chaldea every lunar month, occurring on the 7th, the 14th, the 19th, the 21st, and 28th of the month. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z The Uposatha days are the four days in the lunar month when the moon is full, or new, or half way between the two. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z The influence of the moon in cases of lunacy has been observed from ancient times, and a lunar month measures the cycle of changes in most cases of madness. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z The lunar month literally turns at the moment of conjunction, the astronomical term for the moment at which the sun, earth and moon lie on the same plane. Helwan Journal: Looking for a Heavenly Sign to Start Ramadan 2010-08-11T21:27:00Z Now it was not difficult to observe, that, after ninety-nine lunar months, the setting of the Pleiades coincided pretty exactly with the same phase of the moon. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 In every lunar month the people celebrated four festivals. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II A more common arrangement however seems to be that which is based upon the division of the lunar month into thirty days. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Schnabelsdorf replied that as seven corresponded with the quarter of the lunar month, it was a natural division, and that the institution of the Sabbath was older than all positive religions. On the Heights A Novel Twelve lunar months are nearly 11 days short of the solar year, so that the new moons in one year fall 11 days earlier than they did the preceding year. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 It was thus an effective compromise between the solar year and the lunar month, and contrasts very favourably with the intricate and clumsy years of other ancient systems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" They worship this idol most faithfully, on the first of each lunar month. The Crow's Nest They are the 8th, 14th and 15th days of each half lunar month. The Buddhist Catechism This generally takes place at the end of the ninth lunar month of pregnancy, but a child born at the seventh month is often viable. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study They are keyed to the lunar month of 28 days and therefore dependent upon a Groupspirit for an infusion of stellar rays necessary to produce consciousness. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings In this way they came to the same result as the Egyptians, but by a different process, since the Egyptian calendar was founded on a computation of twelve lunar months of thirty days each. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 In the case of the moon for instance, r is 60 earth radii; more exactly 60·2; and T is a lunar month, or more precisely 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, and 11½ seconds. Pioneers of Science The word therefore signifies the new moon—the day of the new moon: and thus a month; that is, a lunar month beginning at the new moon. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Jewish year is composed of twelve lunar months. Hebrew Literature Even the satellite most distant from the great planet requires for each revolution less than two-thirds of an ordinary lunar month. The Story of the Heavens The trumpets were blown, solemn sacrifices were offered and festivals held; and the first clay of the lunar month was always holy. Moon Lore It is, however, an awkward fact that twelve lunar months give 354 days, so that there are eleven days left over when the solar year is divided into lunar months. More Science From an Easy Chair A slight variant of the same word indicates the month when viewed as a period of time not quite defined, and not in the strict sense of a lunar month. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The ordinary lunar month is divided in a very obvious manner into four equal parts by the lunar aspects. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy We close the list with the discovery of the revolution of the sun round his axis, in the space of about a lunar month, derived from careful observation of the spots on his surface. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Twenty pounds per lunar month was the fine imposed; but this referred only to adult males, “not being let by sickness.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Now the average duration of pregnancy is two hundred and eighty days, that is forty weeks, or ten lunar months. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother The same word is once used for a true lunar month, viz. in Ezra vi. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture They measure time 67 by days, weeks, lunar months, and lunar years; yet few can ascertain their age. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa And as there are thirteen lunar months a year, a woman menstruates not twelve but thirteen times a year. Woman Her Sex and Love Life The moon in the long nights was a most beautiful object; that satellite being constantly above the horizon for nearly a fortnight together in the middle of the lunar month. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 There is a great difference between the calendar and the lunar month. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Of course this Egyptian year bore no fixed relation to the actual lunar months or solar year, nor therefore to the Jewish year, which was related to both. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture There are different dates of Ibrahim's death reported by the biographers—the fourth, tenth, and fourteenth of lunar months, but in none of them can an eclipse take place. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 The moon makes her circuit of the heaven in twenty-eight days plus about an hour, and with her return to the sign from which she set forth, completes a lunar month. The Ten Books on Architecture The year is luni-solar, and, according as it is ordinary or embolismic, consists of twelve or thirteen lunar months, each of which has 29 or 30 days. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Each lunar month having twenty-eight days, the period of nine lunar months is two hundred and fifty-two days. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother For since 12 lunar months fall short of a solar year by 11 days, the moon on the first evening would be about 11 degrees short of her former position. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture It takes about nine calendar months or ten lunar months before the fœtus is fully developed and ready to be expelled from the womb. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves The circumstance that the lunar month fitted in with four weeks of seven days no doubt made it easier to effect the change from nundinae. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Lunar Cycle and Golden Number.—In connecting the lunar month with the solar year, the framers of the ecclesiastical calendar adopted the period of Meton, or lunar cycle, which they supposed to be exact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" In this, as in the Gregorian Calendar, the lunar month is abandoned and the solar year is adopted. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Forty-nine years make a convenient luni-solar cycle, reconciling the lunar month and the tropical solar year. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The natural period of gestation is considered as forty weeks, ten lunar months, or 280 days. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology When the child begins to quicken in the womb, the mother undergoes a process of massage at the beginning of every lunar month. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir But every leap year one day must be added to the lunar month in which the 29th of February is included. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The deputed mariners were to have £5 or £3 each, per lunar month. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 May be 23rd of January; it is 5th of lunar month. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The nominal time allowed from the sowing to the reaping of the crop is five lunar months and ten days; but from this it must necessarily vary with the circumstances of the season. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants The massage is said to take place at the beginning of a lunar month. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The solar day, the solar year, and the lunar month, or lunation, may therefore be called the natural divisions of time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" If second mates were carried they were to have £50 per annum, deputed mariners £5 per annum and £2, 10s. per lunar month. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 Neap tide: the least rise and fall during the lunar month. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence She thus presents to us all the phases undergone by our own satellite during a lunar month, passing from new to full, and vice versa, through the various intervening gradations of form. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky But we must also remember that their year is several days shorter than ours, because they have lunar months all of equal length and only 360 days in a year. Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children The Muhammadan year consists of twelve lunar months of 30 and 29 days alternately. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The victualling allowance was at the rate of 9d. per diem for each man on board, and an allowance of 1s. each was made by the lunar month for fire and candle. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 And all creatures then celebrated the worship of Skanda on the fifth day of the lunar month. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 The year was divided into twelve lunar months, and each month was known by a name in common use all over the group. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before For, in Juam, time is not reckoned by days, but by nights; each night of the lunar month having its own designation; which, relatively only, is extended to the day. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The periods covered include 54 lunar months, and the total number of discharges is 176; the average frequency is about 3 per month of twenty-eight days. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism At certain periods of the lunar month he's too comprehensive in his legislative ambition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 14, 1891 Even well on in the nineteenth century, and sometimes even on board of steamers, victualling was only by the lunar month though service went by the calendar. Elizabethan Sea Dogs The Hebrew month was also the lunar month of approximately twenty-eight days. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History The food peddlers drove a profitable trade because almost every person present had been fasting for a lunar month and had a sharp appetite to satisfy. Modern India Lastly, it must be borne in mind that the Hindu year consists of twelve lunar months. Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South Eighty pounds a month of four weeks," interposed the cautious Larkspur; "eighty pounds for the lunar month. Run to Earth A Novel "They knew how to work gold, silver, and copper; they could count up to a hundred; they reckoned time by the lunar month; they spoke of the sky as the 'heaven-father.'" Outline of Universal History Their year accordingly was lunisolar, consisting of twelve lunar months, with an intercalation to make the whole agree with the annual course of the sun. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time He has left us many drawings of these spots, and he fixed their period of rotation as a lunar month. History of Astronomy The lunar months are made to correspond with the solar year by the interposition of an “adhik” or intercalary month every third year. Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South Twelve lunar months give us the lunar year of about three hundred and fifty-four days. Early European History Neither of them outran the limits of one lunar month. Autobiographical Sketches The same summer, at the beginning of a new lunar month, the only time by the way at which it appears possible, the sun was eclipsed after noon. The History of the Peloponnesian War The solar year, the lunar month, and the day were the units, and it is owing to their incommensurability that we find so many calendars proposed and in use at different times. History of Astronomy As this period corresponds to ten menstrual cycles, physicians prefer to describe pregnancy as lasting 10 lunar months of four weeks each. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy But Cromwell chose to understand the clause not of calendar but of lunar months, the fifth of which had been completed on the preceding evening. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 For ten lunar months, not another ovum breaks through the covering of the ovary, and the uterus is left undisturbed. The Glands Regulating Personality The Attic year began in July, and contained twelve lunar months, of alternately 29 and 30 days. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes "The 7th, 14th, 19th, 21st, and 28th days of the lunar month were kept like the Jewish Sabbath, and were actually so named in Assyria." General History for Colleges and High Schools Although the fetus frequently changes its position during the earlier months of pregnancy, generally by the beginning of the tenth lunar month it has assumed a permanent posture. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy The average duration of pregnancy is ten lunar months, or two hundred and eighty days. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene A person always dies who has been bitten by a snake on the fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and fourteenth days of the lunar month.'' Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance But on each of the four Saturdays of the lunar month you must mount the hill at sunset and keep a vigil among the beeches till sunrise. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard He believes that "the object of the astrological reports which related to the appearance of the moon and sun was to help determine and foretell the length of the lunar month." A History of Science — Volume 1 The lunar months, like the solar days, had been diminished by one-half. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space The expulsion of the fetus before the end of the third lunar month. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene They divided the year into twelve lunar months, each of which, having its own name, was distinguished by its appropriate festival. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas In point of fact, it does not appear to be quite clearly established as to precisely how the adjustment of days with the lunar months, and lunar months with the solar year, was effected. A History of Science — Volume 1 |
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