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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.
For an observation-based calendar, a sighting of the new moon at sunset of 6 December would mean that 1 Muharram lasted from the moment of sunset of 6 December to the moment of sunset of 7 December, while in places where the new moon was not sighted on 6 December 1 Muharram would last from the moment of sunset of 7 December to the moment of ...
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.
Hijri date 1446 AH Islamic New Year: 1 Muḥarram 7 July 2024 Ashura: 10 Muḥarram 17 July 2024 Arbaʽeen [a] 20 or 21 Ṣafar [b] 26 Aug. 2024 Akhiri Chahar Shambah [c] Last Wednesday of Ṣafar Eid-e-Shuja' (Eid-e-Zahra) [d] 9 Rabī‘ al-Awwal Mawlid an-Nabī (Birthday of Muhammad) [e] 12 Rabī‘ al-Awwal 15 Sep. 2024 Baptism of Muhammad [f]
Here are the dates of 2025 federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management: Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1 Muharram: Death of Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) by injuries from the attack of Persian slave Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz. [28] Sunnis carry rallies on 1 Muharram to commemorate Umar. [29] 2–10 Muharram: Most mourning rituals for Karbala take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on the tenth with processions in major Shia cities. [30 ...
1 January - New Year's Day; 12 January – Amazigh New Year; 22 February – Day of Fraternity and Cohesion in Algeria; 31 March – Eid al-Fitr; 1 May - Labour Day; 7 June — Eid al-Adha; 26 June – Awal Muharram; July 5 – Independence Day; 4 September – Milad un-Nabi; 1 November – Revolution Day
It is up to individual employers to decide whether they offer time off or additional pay for work on federal holidays. Find the list in full below: New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January 1