Daula (month)

Daula
Native nameࡃࡀࡅࡋࡀ (Classical Mandaic)
CalendarMandaean calendar
Month number1
Number of days30
Seasonsitwa (winter)
Gregorian equivalentJuly / August
Significant daysDehwa Rabba (Daula 1)
Feast of the Great Shishlam (Daula 6)
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Nuna →

Daula (Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡀࡅࡋࡀ), alternatively known as Šabaṭ (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡁࡀࡈ),[1] is the first month of the Mandaean calendar.[2] The month begins with Dehwa Rabba, or New Year's Day. The Feast of the Great Shishlam is celebrated on the sixth day of the month.[3]

It is the Mandaic name for the constellation Aquarius.[2] It currently corresponds to July / August in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

  1. ^ Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
  2. ^ a b Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  3. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.