Hiṭia (), alternatively known as Kanun (), is the eleventh 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 ...

. The first day of the month is

Dehwa Daimana In the Mandaean calendar, Dehwa Daimana (written Mandaic transliteration: ''Dihba ḏ-Yamana'' (), ''Dihba Daimana'', or ''Dihba Rba ḏ-Daima'') is a festival celebrating the birthday of John the Baptist, the Mandaean greatest and final prophet ...

, the

birthday of John the Baptist A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage. Many religion ...

. It is the Mandaic name for the constellation

Sagittarius Sagittarius ( ) may refer to: *Sagittarius (constellation) *Sagittarius (astrology), a sign of the Zodiac * Sagittarius of Gap, a 6th century bishop *Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy Ships *'' S ...

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

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