Nuna (month)

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

| calendar = Mandaean calendar

| num = 2

| days = 30

| season = sitwa (winter)

| gregorian = August / September

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| prev_month = Daula

| next_month = Embra

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Nuna ({{langx|myz|ࡍࡅࡍࡀ}}), alternatively known as Adar ({{langx|myz|ࡀࡃࡀࡓ}}),{{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 second 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 25th day of Nuna.{{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 Pisces. It currently corresponds to August / September 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:Pisces in astrology

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