Assertion: moon's day | /r/CapableOf | begin at sunset
Facets:
value: on march 6th
type: TEMPORAL
value: in some cases
type: TEMPORAL
value: to lay all preconceptions
type: PURPOSE
value: on march 7th
type: TEMPORAL
value: in jerusalem
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Traditionally, the first day of each month is the day (beginning at sunset) of the first sighting of the hilal (crescent moon) shortly after sunset.
text: The Hebrew day starts at sunset in Jerusalem.
text: If the hilal is not observed immediately after the 29th day of a month (either because clouds block its view or because the western sky is still too bright when the moon sets), then the day that begins at that sunset is the 30th.
text: When two witnesses had seen the New Moon in the west (just after sunset), that day -- beginning with that sunset -- would be declared the New Moon day.
text: So in the case of 2008, the Hebrew day which starts at sunset on March 6th and ends at sunset on March 7th has the new moon.
text: A solar day starts and ends at sunrise.
text: Traditionally, and quite logically it seems, a new day begins at sunrise (not midnight), and the night, at sunset (not after noon or evening).
text: Before AH 1420 (before 18 April 1999), if the moon's age at sunset in Riyadh was at least 12 hours, then the day ending at that sunset was the first day of the month.
text: The Islamic day starts after sunset.
text: In some cases, a lunar day may begin just after sunrise and end just before the next sunrise.
text: During this period, the first day of each month (beginning at sunset) continued to be the day when a new crescent moon was first sighted—the calendar never used a specified number of days in any month.
text: In contrast to Roman usage, they considered the day to begin at sunset, a system that in the Middle Ages came to be known as the "Florentine reckoning".
text: We humbly urge all who are clinging to the erroneous doctrine that a day begins at sunset to lay all preconceptions at the door of investigation, and to honestly and prayerfully study all of the passages pertaining to this most important topic.
text: The day began at sunset .
text: So in the case of 2008, the Hebrew day which starts at sunset on March 6th and ends at sunset on March 7th has the new moon.
text: For AH 1420–22, if moonset occurred after sunset at Mecca, then the day beginning at that sunset was the first day of a Saudi month, essentially the same rule used by Malaysia, Indonesia, and others (except for the location from which the hilal was observed).
text: When two witnesses had seen the New Moon in the west (just after sunset), that day -- beginning with that sunset -- would be declared the New Moon day.