Qaina ( myz, ࡒࡀࡉࡍࡀ) is the ninth month of the

Mandaean calendar The Mandaean calendar is a 365-day solar calendar used by the Mandaean people.Drower, Ethel Stefana. ''The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran''. Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1937. It consists of twelve 30-day months, with five extra days at the end of ...

. Mandaeans practice light fasting on the first day of Qaina. Qaina, which literally means 'reed', is the Mandaic name for the constellation

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. It currently corresponds to Mar / Apr in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

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