even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" night, nighttime, dark - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside ...
In this new study, data from GRACE and GRACE-FO was combined with measurements taken throughout the 20th century. This allowed the researchers to relate the movement of mass due to groundwater and melting ice to the variations in the length of our days, fro...
Not until 1912, after the general public adopted the Gregorian calendar, did the yinyang li lose its primary importance. One of the most distinguished characteristics of the Chinese calendar is its time-honored day-count system. By combining the 10 celestial stems, gan, and the 12 terrestrial ...
shishiradews, coolmid-January until mid-March Each season consists of two months, and each month is divided into two halves, orfortnights, calledpakshas (“wings”), based on the waxing and waning of the Moon. The waning moon fortnight is called thekrishna(“dark”)paksha, and the waxin...
Three Days of the Condor: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow. A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he ca
Most of the ‘snowbirds’ (part-time winter residents) arrive in Mexico sometime during October or November and stay until March or April of the following year, thus enjoying comfortable autumn and winter climates and avoiding the heaviest rains. ...
We then continue into the circle around the Moon glyph until we reach Mercury which is the ruler of the 12th hour of Sunday night and thus the ruler of the 24th hour of the whole planetary day of Sunday. Therefore we see that the next planetary ruler in the Chaldean order is the Moon...
a stevedore might be, but that I was apt and willing to learn -- and in the afternoons and evenings I wandered through all the strange lights and shadows of my native valley and hated all created things. Until my wanderings were checked by the discovery that I was wearing out my boots....
The big question that none of us will know until we really know. Day 40 – What Lent Did For Me Taking 40 days out of the year to embrace my core values is essential. Every year, no matter how hard I Lent, I learn something new and for that I’m thankful. ...
make it difficult to reach for large parts of the year. This isolation has resulted in unique plant and animal life, with the island harbouring many species which went extinct elsewhere tens of thousands of years ago, and It has been described as “the most alien-looking place on Earth” ...