Dumhainn - World Darkness
Di hAoine, 28 An t-Samhain 2008
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4 Foreyule 1564
Today is the last day of Samhain and tomorrow the month of darkness begins - Dumhainn. This is the second month of the Celtic year and is cognate with the Gaulish month of Dumannos. In the Jewish calendar it is Khislev, with Hanukkah on the 25th of that month. This year it is the important Islamic month of Dhul-Hijjah, with the Hajj pilgrimage beginning on the 8th and ending at Eid al-Adha on the 10th. This is the final month of the year in the Islamic calendar, with the new year of 1430 AH beginning on 28th December.
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