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Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
Hijri date 1445 AH 1446 AH Islamic New Year: 1 Muḥarram: 19 July 2023 7 July 2024 Ashura: 10 Muḥarram: 28 July 2023 17 July 2024 Arbaʽeen [a] 20 or 21 Ṣafar [b] 6 Sep. 2023 26 Aug. 2024 Akhiri Chahar Shambah [c] Last Wednesday of Ṣafar: Eid-e-Shuja' (Eid-e-Zahra) [d] 9 Rabī‘ al-Awwal: 24 Sep. 2023 Mawlid an-Nabī (Birthday of ...
The word "Rabi" means "spring" and Al-awwal means "the first" in the Arabic language, so "Rabi' al-awwal" means "the first spring" in Arabic. The name seems to have to do with the celebratory events in the month, as spring marks the end of winter (a symbol of sadness) and consequently the start of happiness. As the Islamic calendar is a purely ...
The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Dhu al-Hijjah migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Dhu al-Hijja, based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia, are: [2]
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The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Sha'ban migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Sha'ban, based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia, are: [10]
Date English name Arabic name French name Remarks February 15: St. Vartan Day: Only celebrated by the Armenian population in Lebanon. [4] [8] March 9: Teachers' Day: عيد المعلم: Fête des professeurs: The holiday ends on March 9. March 21: Mother's Day: عيد الأم: Fête des Mères: The holiday also falls on the Vernal Equinox ...
The Arabic names of the months of the Gregorian calendar are usually phonetic Arabic pronunciations of the corresponding month names used in European languages. An exception is the Syriac calendar used in Iraq and the Levant, whose month names are inherited via Classical Arabic from the Babylonian and Hebrew lunisolar calendars and correspond to roughly the same time of year.