Qaina

{{Infobox month

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

| calendar = Mandaean calendar

| num = 9

| days = 30

| season = giṭa (summer)

| gregorian = March / April

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| prev_month = Shumbulta

| next_month = Arqba

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Qaina ({{langx|myz|ࡒࡀࡉࡍࡀ}}), alternatively known as Tišrin ({{langx|myz|ࡕࡉࡔࡓࡉࡍ}}),{{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 ninth 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 }} Mandaeans practice light fasting on the first day of Qaina.{{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}}

Qaina, which literally means 'reed',{{cite book |url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/ginza-rba/ |last1=Gelbert |first1=Carlos |title=Ginza Rba |year=2011 |publisher=Living Water Books |location=Sydney |isbn=9780958034630}}{{rp|210}} is the Mandaic name for the constellation Libra. It currently corresponds to March / April in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.