Re: Calendar dates for 1999
If you don't mind waiting till tonight, I can give you the 1999 dates for
major Hindu holidays if you would like to add them in.
--
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@braincells.com>
On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Charles Briscoe-Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm updating the files `calendar' uses for 1999. I've found data on
> most of next year's dates[1], but I haven't found anything about these
> ones (dates are from the 1998 calendar files):
>
> Judaic:
> 04/30* Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day)
> 05/13* Lag Ba`omer (Commemoration of the Great Rebellion)
> 05/22* Yom Yerushalayim (Reunification of Jerusalem)
> 07/10* Fast of Shiv'a Asar B'Tammuz (Romans breach Wall of
> Jerusalem; fast day)
> 07/31* Fast of Tish'a B'Av (Babylon/Rome destroys Holy Temple; fast
> day)
> 10/12* Shmini Atzeres/Simchas Torah (Rejoicing of the Law;
> sabbatical)
> 12/27* Fast of Asara B'Tevet (Babylonians put siege on Jerusalem;
> fast day)
>
> Christian:
> 05/23* Pentecost (Whitsunday)
> [I have the date for Pentecost, but are Pentecost and Whitsunday
> just two names for the same day, or are they different and just
> happen to fall on the same day this year?]
> 05/24* Whitmonday
> [Presumably always the day after Whitsunday?]
> 06/20* Rogation Sunday
>
> US holidays:
> 10/12* Thanksgiving Day in Canada
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> TIA.
>
> [1] In case you're interested, some useful URLS I've found are:
> http://holidays.net/
> http://users.ox.ac.uk/~chri0264/calendar.html
> http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html
> http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ushols.html
> http://www.arborday.org/
>
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