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solar calendar

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solar calendar [′sō·lər ′kal·ən·dər]
(astronomy)
A calendar based on the time period known as the tropical year, which has 365.24220 days.


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It should be taken into account that our ancestors led their lives according to a solar calendar and Latvians have lots of traditions related to the sun.
While there was a fall in the number of arrests over the Afghan year ending March 21, which follows the solar calendar, the amount of drugs seized rose, counternarcotics officials told reporters.
Hours later, a remote-controlled bomb blew up in nearby Khost province among hundreds of men gathered around a small hilltop shrine for picnics to mark the start of the New Year in Afghanistan, which uses the solar calendar.
 
 
 
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