SpeedRacer 1 #1 March 22, 2013 OK, I am confused here. We have a new worker here who is from Afghanistan. She left there during the Soviet invasion, and has lived in Germany and the USA since. She said that her people celebrate the spring equinox as the new year, and they set up a table with seven objects beginning with the letter S in her native language (Urdu?). Each object symbolizes health, life, prosperity, etc. But I am confused about the year. I figured that it was Islamic calendar, in which case the new year woulf be 1392. But she said that the new year Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #2 March 22, 2013 Seems like you didn't finish it...."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #3 March 22, 2013 Was 1399. What calendar says that this year is 1399, when the Islamic calendar says it's 1392? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #4 March 22, 2013 fucking mobile phone wouldn't let me finish it in one post. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #5 March 22, 2013 Quotefucking mobile phone wouldn't let me finish it in one post. Oh okay... I wasn't sure what the hell was going on. How you living?"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #6 March 22, 2013 Quote what year is it, according to afghans/iranians/pakistanis/indians? http://www.native-net.org/na/native-american-calendar.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #7 March 22, 2013 QuoteOK, I am confused here. We have a new worker here who is from Afghanistan. She left there during the Soviet invasion, and has lived in Germany and the USA since. She said that her people celebrate the spring equinox as the new year, and they set up a table with seven objects beginning with the letter S in her native language (Urdu?). Each object symbolizes health, life, prosperity, etc. But I am confused about the year. I figured that it was Islamic calendar, in which case the new year woulf be 1392. But she said that the new year Don't forget to add in the extra 80 million years they just found. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #8 March 22, 2013 I tried doing some digging on this out of curiosity. Found shed loads of variant calendars and dates... none give 1399 that I could find. The Iranian/Afghan calendar (Solar Hijri) tallies with what she says in that the first day of the year is 21st March this year, tied to the spring equinox... but you're right, it's 1392 there, not 1399, to tie in with the calendar starting from Mohammed's migration to Medina. Maybe she's just wrong? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites