The twelfth and last month of the lunar calendar is traditionally known as Sottal in Korea. Sottal is a thirty-day period beginning between mid-December and the end of January and ending on the eve of lunar New Year's Day, known as Sol. This...

A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the moon phase. The only widely used purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar, whose year always consists of 12 lunar months. A feature of a purely lunar year, on the Islamic calendar model,...

The moon does not have any light of its own. We see the moon only because light from the sun is reflected back to us. For example, if you and your friend are outside on a dark night, standing down the street from...

Libyan authorities have abandoned the Gregorian calendar and returned to the Islamic lunar calendar, the official Libyan news agency said. "This step is a return to authenticity, given that it is by the lunar months that Muslims and Arabs set their important dates,...

Iran has closed several border crossings with Iraq ahead of the Shiite holy day of Ashoura, the country's state television reported Sunday.The report, citing the government in Tehran, said the crossings were closed to "contain the large number of pilgrims" bound for the Shiite holy...

Since smoking is among the activities that faithful Muslims deny themselves from sunup to sundown during Ramadan, the holy month that began Thursday, Muslim doctors are suggesting that they build on that smoke-free time to quit the habit.Dr. Tariq Cheema, executive director of the Association...