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Table

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Encarta

Month Equivalents for Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, and Hindu Calendars

Gregorian equivalents to other calendars are given in parentheses; the figures refer to the number of solar days in each month.

Gregorian

Jewish

Islamic

Hindu

(Basis: sun)	(Basis: combination of solar and lunar cycles)	(Basis: visibility of the new moon)	(Basis: moon)
January (31)	Tishri (Sept-Oct) (30)	Muharram (30)	Caitra (March-April) (29 or 30)
February (28 or 29)	Heshvan (Oct-Nov) (29 or 30)	Safar (29)	Vaisakha (April-May) (29 or 30)
March (31)	Kislev (Nov-Dec) (29 or 30)	Rabi I (30)	Jyaistha (May-June) (29 or 30)
April (30)	Tebet (Dec-Jan) (29)	Rabi II (29)	Asadha (June-July) (29 or 30)
May (31)	Shebat (Jan-Feb) (30)	Jumada I (30)	Dvitiya Asadha (certain leap years)
June (30)	Adar (Feb-March) (29 or 30)	Jumada II (29)	Sravana (July-Aug) (29 or 30)
July (31)	Adar Sheni (leap years only)	Rajab (30)	Dvitiya Sravana (certain leap years)
August (31)	Nisan (March-April) (29)	Shaban (29)	Bhadrapada (Aug-Sept) (29 or 30)
September (30)	Iyar (April-May) (30)	Ramadan (30)	Asvina (Sept-Oct) (29 or 30)
October (31)	Sivan (May-June) (30)	Shawwal (29)	Karttika (Oct-Nov) (29 or 30)
November (30)	Tammuz (June-July) (29)	Dhu al-Qadah (30)	Margasirsa (Nov-Dec) (29 or 30)
December (31)	Ab (July-Aug) (30)	Dhu al-Hijjah (29 or 30)	Pausa (Dec-Jan) (29 or 30)
	Elul (Aug-Sept) (29)		Magha (Jan-Feb) (29 or 30)
			Phalguna (Feb-March) (29 or 30)

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Gregorian Calendar; Calendar

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