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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.
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.
3 July. 2024 AD/CE. 13 Tir. 1403 SH. 26 Dhu al-Hijjah. 1445 AH. [refresh] The Solar Hijri calendar [a] is the official calendar of Iran. It is a solar calendar and is the one Iranian calendar that is the most similar to the Gregorian calendar, being based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
Print an AOL Calendar. Using AOL Calendar lets you keep track of your schedule with just a few clicks of a mouse. While accessing your calendar online gives you instant access to appointments and events, sometimes a physical copy of your calendar is needed. To print your calendar, just use the print functionality built into your browser.
December 6. December 7. December 8. 30 Azar. Yaldā Night. Winter festival celebrated on the December solstice. Also celebrated in Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Tajikistan, Turkey (by Kurds and Azeris ), and in Pakistan (by Pashtuns and Balochs) December 20. December 21.
The first Hijri year (AH 1) was retrospectively considered to have begun on the Julian calendar date 15 July 622 (known as the ‘astronomical’ or ‘Thursday’ epoch, Julian day 1,948,439) or 16 July 622 (the ‘civil’ or ‘Friday’ epoch, Julian day 1,948,440), denoted as "1 Muharram, AH 1".
Islam. There are two main holidays in Islam that are celebrated by Muslims worldwide: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The timing of both holidays are set by the lunar Islamic calendar, which is based upon the cycle of the moon, and so is different from the more common, European, solar-based Gregorian calendar. Every year, the Gregorian dates of ...
A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. [1] [2] [3] A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physical record (often paper) of such a system.