Shumbulta or Šumbulta ( myz, ࡔࡅࡌࡁࡅࡋࡕࡀ) is the eighth 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 ...

. Light fasting is practiced by Mandaeans from the 26th to 30th days of Shumbulta. The

Parwanaya Parwanaya ( myz, ࡐࡀࡓࡅࡀࡍࡀࡉࡉࡀ; ar, البرونايا) or Panja (from Persian 'five') is a 5-day religious festival in the Mandaean calendar. The 5 epagomenals (extra days) inserted at the end of every Šumbulta (the 8th month) ...

, or five intercalary days, take place immediately after Shumbulta. Šumbulta, which literally means 'grain-ear', is the Mandaic name for the constellation

Virgo Virgo may refer to: * Virgo (astrology), the sixth astrological sign of the zodiac * Virgo (constellation), a constellation * Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo * Virgo Stellar Stream, remains of a dwarf galaxy *Virgo ...

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

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