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Hundreds of Muslims gathered for the Eid al-Adha prayer service at Overpeck County Park in Ridgefield Park, NJ on Wednesday June 28, 2023. Eid al-Adha is the Feast of Sacrifice for when Ibrahim ...
10 April – Eid al-Fitr; 26 April – Union Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 16 June – Eid al-Adha; 7 July – Saba Saba Day; 8 August – Nane Nane Day; 16 September – Prophet Muhammad's Birthday; 14 October – Nyerere Day; 9 December – Tanzania Independence Day; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day
While Eid al-Adha is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. The lunar calendar is approximately eleven days shorter than the solar 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.
Over the next three years, Eid al-Adha is expected to take place on June 17, 2024, June 7, 2025, and May 26, 2026. All dates are approximate and subject to sighting of the crescent moon for Dhul ...
Source: [2] 1 January – New Year's Day 23 February – Republic Day 25 March – Holi 29 March – Good Friday 1 April - Easter Monday 1 May – Labour Day 5 May – Arrival Day
10 April – Eid al-Fitr; 1 May – Labour Day; 16 June – Eid al-Adha; 1 July – Ketikoti (Emancipation Day – end of slavery) 9 August – Indigenous People's Day; 10 October – Day of the Maroons; 1 November – Diwali; 25 November – Independence Day; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day
16–17 – Eid al-Adha; 24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist; 29 – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul; July ... This page was last edited on 24 October 2024, ...