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To: Elroy who wrote (211338)	12/31/2006 8:58:25 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

the "Christian calendar" (for want of a better phrase) works on a fixed 365 days/year schedule, and is therefore predictable in terms of specific dates for Thanksgiving, Christmas etc. The Muslim and Hindu calendars (and maybe others I am not aware of), are based on lunar cycles, and therefore there is no fixed date in any year. Some events can be calculated and predicted in advance, but not all. Give you 2 examples : 1. My father died on 04/04/04. His death anniversary rituals I need to undertake vary from mid-March to mid-April, because in religous terms, the date in our terms is not relevant - the month and phase of the moon is relevant in deciding when the rituals have to be undertaken. In 2007 I know its on April 1. 2. My cousin who is a Muslim from the Dawoodi Bohra community, does not care about the sighting of the moon for Eid. He once said to me - Kumar I can write down and give you dates for Eid for the next 50 years if you want - I dont care what the moon does.