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So counting 10 days from the expected start of the lunar month, this year, Eid al-Adha will take place on June 29, 2023 of the Gregorian calendar. Eid al-Adha is typically a four-day holiday with ...
This year, the date for Eid al-Adha is Thursday, June 29, 2023. The date of Eid al-Adha changes every year on the Gregorian calendar but remains the same on the Islamic calendar.
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.
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]
The lunar calendar is approximately eleven days shorter than the solar calendar. [49] [a] Each year, Eid al-Adha (like other Islamic holidays) falls on one of about two to four Gregorian dates in parts of the world, because the boundary of crescent visibility is different from the International Date Line. [50]
Similar to Easter Sunday in the Christian calendar, Eid does not fall on the same day every year. Instead, Eid and the period of Ramadan are both determined by a new moon, as Islam follows the ...
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Second Eid Salat: 8:45 a.m. What is Eid al-Adha? According to the Quran, Eid al-Adha commemorates Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, for the sake of God, before God ...