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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.
The Islamic calendar alternates months of 29 and 30 days (which begin with the new moon). Twelve of these months make up an Islamic year, which is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year. Some Gregorian dates may vary slightly from those given, and may also vary by country.
t. e. Eid al-Adha ( Arabic: عيد الأضحى, romanized : ʿĪd al-ʾAḍḥā, EED əl AD-hə; IPA: [ˈʕiːd alˈʔadˤħaː] ), commonly translated as the Feast of Sacrifice and also known as Yawm an-Nahr ( Arabic: يوم النحر, romanized : Yawm al-Naḥr ), is the second of the two main Islamic holidays alongside Eid al-Fitr.
The Islamic New Year ( Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية, Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah ), also called the Hijri New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observed by most Muslims on the first day of the month of Muharram.
e. The Day of Arafah ( Arabic: يوم عرفة, romanized : Yawm 'Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. [4] It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha. [5] At dawn of this day, Muslim pilgrims will make their way from Mina to a ...
Date English name Arabic name French name Remarks February 15: St. Vartan Day: Only celebrated by the Armenian population in Lebanon. 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. May 6 ...
Although the date of Eid al-Fitr is always the same in the Islamic calendar, the date in the Gregorian calendar falls approximately 11 days earlier each successive year, since the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Gregorian calendar is solar. Hence if the Eid falls in the first ten days of a Gregorian calendar year, there will be a second Eid ...
Biography portal. v. t. e. Mawlid ( Arabic: مَولِد ), also known as Eid-e-Milad an-Nabi ( Arabic: عید ميلاد النبي, romanized : ʿīd mīlad an-nabī, lit. 'feast of the birth of the prophet'), is an observance of the day when the Islamic prophet Muhammad is reported to have been born. It is commemorated in Rabi' al-Awwal, the ...