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In some Islamic countries, like Iran and Afghanistan, Friday is the weekly holiday. Calculating the day of the week is easy, using an anchor date. One good such date is Sunday, 1 Farvardin 1372, which equals 21 March 1993. Assuming the 33-year cycle approximation, move back by one weekday to jump ahead by one 33-year cycle.
1 of Shawwal in the Islamic Calendar: Eid al-Fitr: 9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic Calendar: Day of Arafa: ruz Arafa 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic Calendar: Eid al-Adha: Eid kalan 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic Calendar: Ashura: 12 of Rabi' al-awwal in the Islamic Calendar: Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad: Mawlid
Teacher's Day in Afghanistan: Not an official observance: April 22: April 23: April 24 12 Ordibehesht: Teacher's Day in Iran: 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 ...
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The Jalali calendar, also referred to as Malikshahi and Maliki, [1] is a solar calendar compiled during the reign of Jalaluddin Malik-Shah I, the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1072–1092 CE), by the order of Grand Vizier Nizam al-Mulk, using observations made in the cities of Isfahan (the capital of the Seljuks), Rey, and Nishapur.
A Palestinian worker sorts and packs dates at a factory in preparation for the fasting Muslim month of Ramadan in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 19, 2023 (AFP via Getty Images)
Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. Ramadan is followed by the Islamic holiday of Eid ...
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.