Embra (month)

Embra
Embra
Native name	ࡏࡌࡁࡓࡀ (Classical Mandaic)
Calendar	Mandaean calendar
Month number	3
Number of days	30
Season	sitwa (winter)
Gregorian equivalent	September / October
	← Nuna Taura →

Embra, Īmbra, or ʿmbra (Classical Mandaic: ࡏࡌࡁࡓࡀ) is the third month of the Mandaean calendar.^[1]^[2]

It is the Mandaic name for the constellation Aries.^[1] It currently corresponds to Sep / Oct in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

References[edit]

^ ^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.
^ Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.

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[Bhayro_2020-1] 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.

[Gelbert_2005-2] Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.

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