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Eid al-Fitr: Eid al-Fitr: عيد الفطر : Dhu Hijah 9: Day of Arafat: Waqfat Arafah: وقفة عرفة : Dhu Hijah 10-12: Eid al-Adha: Eid al-Adha: عيد الأضحى : Muharram 1: Islamic New Year: Ra's as-Sana al-Hijria: رأس السنة الهجرية : Rabi' al-awwal 12: The Prophet's Birthday: Almuld Alnubawiu Alsharif: المولد ...
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 ...
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year. [citation needed ...
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Muslims perform Eid-Al-Fitr prayers in Abu Sir village on April 21, 2023 in Giza, Egypt (Fadel Dawod/Getty Images) The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began on March 23, and is now coming to an end ...
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The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and its months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Shawwāl migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Shawwāl, based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia, are: [3]
Eid Mubarak (Arabic: عِيد مُبَارَك, romanized: ʿīd mubārak) is an Arabic phrase that means "blessed feast or festival". [1] The term is used by Muslims all over the world as a greeting to celebrate Eid al-Fitr (which marks the end of Ramadan) and Eid al-Adha (which is in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah).