A Lunar Calendar for Zanzibar

All Zanzibar life and culture follows the cycle of the moon – from the Muslim calendar and holidays to the tides that are driven by the moon, and the animals that follow the tidal rise and fall of the sea. Lives and livelihoods depend on it – from fishing communities to boat-based tourist excursions and even farmers’ planting and harvesting schedule. The same Swahili word – Mwezi – means both moon and month.

We are therefore very pleased to offer our new Lunar Calendar for 2023, custom designed for Zanzibar. While we all see the same moon and phase wherever we live, our unique calendar shows how the moon appears from Zanzibar. It includes local eclipse dates, Zanzibar and Tanzanian holidays, and shows when when the full moon will rise on the eastern horizon, and when we can look for the new moon that heralds the start of each holy month.

Zanzibar Stockists

The A3 Calendar, printed locally, is available at local stockists: Labda Kesho Steel Boat Safaris, Green Market in Paje and at local markets, and Uzima Space in Stone Town.

If you would like to sell or purchase in quantities, please get in touch for wholesale / bulk orders.

SHOP ONLINE

Overseas readers can now also order calendars! If your heart is in Zanzibar but you are not, you can now buy our calendar and other products in our online shop. The international edition of the A3 calendar is distributed from UK.