June 1999 / Tammuz 5759
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/1 | 16/2 | 17/3 | 18/4 | 19/5 | ||
| 20/6 | 21/7 | 22/8 | 23/9 | 24/10 | 25/11 | 26/12 |
| 27/13 | 28/14 | 29/15 | 30/16 |
July 1999 / Tammuz 5759
 | New Moon - 1 Tammuz - June 15, 1999 |
| Jun 21 - Summer Soltice |
| Fast of Tammuz 17 - 17 Tammuz - July 1, 1999 (Fast to commemorate tragedies) |
| Jul 1 - Moon Occults Neptune |
| Jul 2 - Moon Occults Uranus |
A corruption of Dumuzi, the Accadian sun-god (the Adonis of the Greeks), the husband of the goddess Ishtar. In the Chaldean calendar there was a month set apart in honour of this god, the month of June to July, the beginning of the summer solstice. At this festival, which lasted six days, the worshippers, with loud lamentations, bewailed the funeral of the god, they sat "weeping for Tammuz" (Ezek. 8:14). (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
This name for the Hebrew calendar is borrowed from Chaldea.