Cheshvan
Marcheshvan (, "Marḥešvan", "Marḥešwān", "Meraḥšǝwan"; from Akkadian "waraḫsamnu", literally, "eighth month"), sometimes shortened to Cheshvan (, "Ḥešvan" "Ḥešwān"), is the second month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei), and the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year (which starts on 1 Nisan) on the Hebrew calendar.

In a regular ("kesidran") year, Marcheshvan has 29 days, but because of the Rosh Hashanah postponement rules, in some years, an additional day is added to Marcheshvan to make the year a "full" ("maleh") year. Marcheshvan is a month which occurs in October–November in the Gregorian calendar.

The Hebrew Bible, before the Babylonian Exile, refers to the month as Bul (). In Sidon, the reference to Bul is also made on the Sarcophaugus of Eshmunazar II dated to the early 5th century BC.
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Akkadian
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Tishrei
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Nisan
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Cheshvan
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