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The very first day of the Solar Hijri calendar was the day of the spring equinox, March 18, 622 CE. The calendar is named the "Hijri calendar" because that was the year that Mohammed is believed to have left from Mecca to Medina, which event is referred to as the Hijrah. This year is generally considered by Muslims as the first year of Islam.
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 ...
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.
Hijri date 1445 AH 1446 AH Islamic New Year: 1 Muḥarram: 19 July 2023 7 July 2024 Ashura: 10 Muḥarram: 28 July 2023 17 July 2024 Arbaʽeen [a] 20 or 21 Ṣafar [b] 6 Sep. 2023 26 Aug. 2024 Eid-e-Shuja' (Eid-e-Zahra) [c] 9 Rabī‘ al-Awwal: 24 Sep. 2023 Mawlid an-Nabī (Birthday of Muhammad) [d] 12 Rabī‘ al-Awwal: 27 Sep. 2023 15 Sep ...
Nowruz is a two-week celebration that marks the beginning of the New Year in Iran's official Solar Hijri calendar. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] The celebration includes four public holidays from the first to the fourth day of Farvardin , the first month of the Iranian calendar, usually beginning on 21 March. [ 137 ]
In 2023, the Islamic New Year fell on July 19, 2023; in 2024, it is expected to fall on 7 or 8 July 2024. [ needs update ] (The Solar Hijri calendar , used in Iran, is a purely solar calendar. Its New Year's Day is always the day of the northward equinox .)
The Hijri year ( Arabic: سَنة هِجْريّة) or era ( التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar. It begins its count from the Islamic New Year in which Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib (now Medina) in 622 CE. This event, known as the Hijrah, is commemorated in ...
The Hijrah ( Arabic: الهجرة hijra, originally 'a severing of ties of kinship or association' [1] [2] ), also Hegira (from Medieval Latin ), was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. [3] [4] The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri [a] and ...