Samaritan calendar

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Samaritan tradition lunisolar calendar religious calendar

The Samaritan calendar is a lunisolar religious calendar used by the Samaritan community to determine the dates of their festivals and rituals, distinct from but related to the traditional Hebrew calendar.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Samaritan lunar-solar calendar	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Samaritan tradition ⓘ lunisolar calendar ⓘ religious calendar ⓘ
alignsWith	agricultural seasons in the Land of Israel ⓘ
basedOn	lunar cycles ⓘ solar year ⓘ
basisFor	Samaritan fast days ⓘ Samaritan liturgical cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan pilgrimage schedule ⓘ
calendarClass	religious festival calendar ⓘ
computusType	observational and traditional rules ⓘ
continuity	in continuous use by Samaritans ⓘ
culturalContext	Samaritan community NERFINISHED ⓘ
determines	Samaritan Passover sacrifice date ⓘ
distinctFrom	Rabbinic Hebrew calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Samaritan Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent	intercalation system ⓘ months ⓘ years ⓘ
hasFeature	festival-centered year structure ⓘ periodic leap years ⓘ religious prohibitions tied to specific dates ⓘ
hasType	lunisolar ⓘ
language	Samaritan Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Mount Gerizim NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Hebrew calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAuthority	Samaritan high priest NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Samaritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousUse	Day of Atonement NERFINISHED ⓘ Feast of Booths NERFINISHED ⓘ Feast of Unleavened Bread NERFINISHED ⓘ Feast of Weeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Passover NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim ⓘ
sharesOriginWith	ancient Israelite calendars ⓘ
timeScale	days ⓘ months ⓘ years ⓘ
traditionStatus	ancient ⓘ
usedBy	Samaritans NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	determining religious festivals ⓘ determining ritual dates ⓘ
usedIn	Holon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nablus NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan diaspora communities ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samaritans → calendar → Samaritan calendar ⓘ

Samaritans of Shechem → usesCalendar → Samaritan calendar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samaritan lunar-solar calendar