Today is apparently the Jewish New Year.
Ramadan begins tomorrow?
jaxdahl on fark.com says:
please: Doesn't Ramadan start soon too? And who says those cultures are completely unrelated...
They actually coincide on the same day this year - both start sundown on September 12, 2007. I did some calculations and I believe this is the first time this has occurred since September 12, 1942 -- correct me if I'm wrong.
The first day of Ramadan is not the first day of the year in the Islamic calendar, it is the first day of the 9th month (holiest month for them). Rosh Hashanah is the first day of Tishri, the first month of the year in the Jewish calendar.
The Jewish calendar is lunar based but self-correcting, there are extra months every now and then to keep it in sync with a solar based calendar. Rosh Hashanah is almost always in September on the Gregorian calendar, but sometimes happens in October. The Islamic calendar is lunar based with no self correction so the first of Ramadan shifts back by 11-12 days every year.
Nah, not foreboding or anything....
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