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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 Republic government changed the original date to coincide with the assassination of Morteza Motahhari on 1 May 1979. May 1: May 2: May 3 14 Khordad: Anniversary of the Death of Khomeini: Public holiday in Iran: June 3: June 4: June 5 15 Khordad: Anniversary Revolt of Khordad 15: Public holiday in Iran: June 4: June 5: June 6 13 Tir ...
3rd month on Islamic calendar, can have 30 days some years 1 Rabi' al-awwal October 29, 2019 Shia day of Remembrance: Hijrat (migration) of Muhammad: 5 Rabi' al-awwal November 2, 2019 Shia day of Remembrance: Wafat of Janab-e-Masooma-e-Qum: 8 Rabi' al-awwal November 5, 2019 Shia day of Remembrance: Martyrdom of Imam Hasan Askari, 260 A.H.
List of observances set by the Islamic calendar This page was last edited on 8 August 2024, at 09:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Islamic calendar is based on the synodic period of the Moon's revolution around the Earth, approximately 29 1 ⁄ 2 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.
Months of the Islamic calendar (1 C, 12 P) O. Observances set by the Islamic calendar (3 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Islamic calendar"
The Hijri era is calculated according to the Islamic lunar calendar, whose epoch (first year) is the year of Muhammad's Hijrah, and begins on the first day of the month of Muharram (equivalent to the Julian calendar date of July 16, 622 CE). [2] [b] The date of the Hijrah itself did not form the Islamic New Year.
The Tabular Islamic calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري المجدول, romanized: altaqwim alhijriu almujadwal) is a rule-based variation of the Islamic calendar. It has the same numbering of years and months, but the months are determined by arithmetical rules rather than by observation or astronomical calculations.