Mandaean light fast (28–29 Gadia) · Ṣauma

Culture of origin: Mandaean · Cultural

Holiday sources: Mandaeism

The 28th and 29th of Gadia, the twelfth and last Mandaean month, come just before Kanshi u-Zahli, the eve of the New Year on the 30th, and are days of light fasting in Gelbert's Mandaean calendar table for 2005–06, which gives no reason for them. Mandaean light fasting is not a long fast without food or water; typically it means abstaining from meat on certain ominous (mbaṭṭal) days. Like every Mandaean date, they come one Gregorian day earlier every four years.