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The Somali calendar, (Somali: Soomaali tiro ammin) which is a moon-and-sun-based system, was used by herders and farmers to determine the seasons and predict the weather. The Somali lunar calendar is known as dayax-tiriska and the sun-based calendar is called amin-tiris or shin-tiris.

References[edit]

"Orthodox" Muslims in Somalia disapproved of the Dabshid feast (Barile, La colonizzazione fascista, p.128) *[1] at Google Books
Said M-Shidad Hussein, The Somali Calendar: An Ancient, Accurate Timekeeping System.^[where?]^[when?]*Somali calendar at Wardheer.startlogic.com

Systems

In wide use

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limited use

Akan Armenian Assamese (Bhāshkarābda) Assyrian Baháʼí Badí‘ Balinese pawukon Balinese saka Bengali Bangladeshi Berber Borana Burmese Chinese Earthly Branches Heavenly Stems Minguo Germanic heathen Georgian Hebrew Hindu Vikram Samvat Saka Igbo Iranian Jalali medieval Zoroastrian Irish Gaelic Islamic Fasli Tabular Jain Japanese Javanese Korean Juche Kurdish Lithuanian Maithili Malayalam Mandaean Manipuri (Meitei) Melanau Mongolian Nepal Nepal Sambat Bikram Sambat Yele Sambat Nisg̱a'a Odia Punjabi Nanakshahi Romanian Shona Solar term Somali Sesotho Slavic Slavic Native Faith Macedonian Tamil Thai lunar solar Tibetan Tripuri Tulu Vietnamese Wicca Xhosa Yoruba Zulu
Types	Runic Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar round
Christian variants	Coptic Ethiopian and Eritrean Julian Revised Liturgical year Eastern Orthodox Saints

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Proleptic Gregorian / Proleptic Julian
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Darian
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applications

Year naming
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Terminology	Era Epoch Regnal name Regnal year Year zero
Systems	Ab urbe condita Anka year Anno Domini/Common Era Anno Martyrum Anno Mundi Assyrian Before Present Chinese Imperial Chinese Minguo English regnal year Human (Holocene) Japanese Korean Seleucid Spanish Yugas Satya Treta Dvapara Kali Vietnamese

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