Why is a part of photosynthesis called dark reactions?

The dark reactions, also known as the Calvin cycle, are called “dark” because they do not require light directly. These reactions occur in the stroma of the chloroplast and use ATP and NADPH (produced in the light reactions) to convert carbon dioxide into glucose.

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