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  2. Friday the 13th - Wikipedia

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    Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. Common years that begin in Thursday have three Friday the 13ths in February, March, and November ...

  3. Tycho Brahe days - Wikipedia

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    The Coligny calendar identifies certain calendar dates as lucky (mat) or unlucky (anmat). The Roman calendar marks many days and parts of others as dies nefasti, religiously unsuitable for the conduct of public business. [2] Contemporary North America has a tradition that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.

  4. Why, Exactly, Is Friday the 13th Unlucky? - AOL

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    Plus, find out when the next Friday the 13th will show up on your calendar.

  5. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  6. What is Friday the 13th and why is it considered unlucky ...

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    Friday the 13th is considered by many to be an unlucky day. Here's the history behind why people are superstitious about the day. ... This year will see the date occur twice, in September and ...

  7. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an ...

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    There’s even a name to describe the irrational dread of the date: paraskevidekatriaphobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13.

  8. Auspicious wedding dates - Wikipedia

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    Auspicious wedding dates refer to auspicious, or lucky, times to get married, and is a common belief among many cultures.. Although there are a few periods, such as the month of May, [1] which they agree on, a number of cultures, including Hindu, Chinese, Catholic, Scottish, Irish, Old English, Ancient Roman and Moroccan culture, favor and avoid particular months and dates for weddings.

  9. List of Nakshatras - Wikipedia

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    The following list gives the corresponding regions of sky. [1] Months in the modern Indian national calendar—despite still carrying names that derive from the nakshatras—do not signify any material correlation. It stands to reason that during the original naming of these months—whenever that happened—they were indeed based on the ...