Gadia (month)

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| native_name = {{Native name|myz|ࡂࡀࡃࡉࡀ}}

| calendar = Mandaean calendar

| num = 12

| days = 30

| season = paiz (autumn)

| gregorian = June / July

| holidays = Kanshiy u-Zahly (Gadia 30)

| prev_month = Hitia

| next_month = Daula

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Gadia ({{langx|myz|ࡂࡀࡃࡉࡀ}}), alternatively known as Ṭabit ({{langx|myz|ࡈࡀࡁࡉࡕ}}),{{cite book | last=Häberl | first=Charles | url=https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781800856271 | title=The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire | location=Liverpool | publisher=Liverpool University Press | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-80085-627-1}} is the twelfth month of the Mandaean calendar.{{cite book|last=Bhayro|first=Siam|title=Hellenistic Astronomy |chapter=Cosmology in Mandaean Texts|publisher=Brill|date=2020-02-10|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004400566/BP000051.xml|access-date=2021-09-03|pages=572–579|doi=10.1163/9789004400566_046|isbn=9789004243361 |s2cid=213438712 }}

Light fasting is practiced by Mandaeans on the 28th and 29th days of Gadia. The 30th and last day of Gadia is Kanshiy u-Zahly, or New Year's Eve. Mandaeans clean and wash the whole household, perform baptism, and buying new clothes in preparation for the New Year. At sunset, Mandaeans will close their doors and stay inside for 36 hours to commemorate the assembly of the angels in heaven.{{cite book|last=Gelbert|first=Carlos|title=The Mandaeans and the Jews|publisher=Living Water Books|publication-place=Edensor Park, NSW|year=2005|isbn=0-9580346-2-1|oclc=68208613}}

It is the Mandaic name for the constellation Capricorn. It currently corresponds to June / July in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

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Category:Months of the Mandaean calendar

Category:Capricorn in astrology

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