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The Calvin Cycle is light independent. In fact, the light independent reactions and the Calvin Cycle are synonymous. During the Calvin Cycle, plants use the energy that ATP and NADPH contain (from the light dependent reactions) to build high energy sugars. Because these reactions use previously made ATP and NADPH, they don't require the sun and are therefore light independent (though to be fair, if the light dependent reactions stop the light independent reactions will stop shortly after once ATP and NADPH run out).