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The Islamic calendar is based on the synodic period of the Moon's revolution around the Earth, approximately 29 1 ⁄ 2 days. The Islamic calendar alternates months of 29 and 30 days (which begin with the new moon). Twelve of these months make up an Islamic year, which is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year.
One of the dates of Laylat al-Qadr in Sunni tradition See entry for 27 Ramadan 29-30 Ramadan (Ramadan is 30 days during some years) May 22-23, 2020 Chaand Raat: Shawwal: May 24-June 21, 2020 10th month of the Islamic calendar 1-2 Shawwal: May 24-25, 2020 Eid al-Fitr: Chaand Raat, Durbar festival, Lebaran: 2 Shawwal: May 25, 2020
The Day of Arafah (Arabic: يوم عرفة, romanized: Yawm 'Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. [4] It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha. [5]
Cabotage Day is coasting festival for the anniversary of Turkish coasting independence (cabotage rights). Every First July (1926) [7] Turkism Day, 3 May (1945) Democracy and National Unity Day, 15 July (2016) Former national festival. Freedom and Constitution Day ("Hürriyet ve Anayasa Bayramı"), May 27 (1960) İyd-i Millî, 23 July (1909)
Festival; 23-26: February: Pakistan Flower Show: Flower Show at Karachi: February–March: Jashn-e-Baharaan: The celebrations with the start of Spring season 23: March: Pakistan Day: Republic Day and to commemorate the Lahore Resolution: 28: May: Youm-e-Takbir: Celebrated in commemoration of the first Nuclear test 14: August: Independence Day
Eid al-Adha is a festival celebrated by Muslims in Nigeria and all over the world on the 10th day of the Hijri month of Dhu al-Hijja. It is one of two official holidays celebrated in Islam (the other is Eid al-Fitr). [1] It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to Allah's command.
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The Umm al-Qura calendar is just a guide for planning purposes and not the absolute determinant or fixer of dates. Confirmations of actual dates by moon sighting are applied on the 29th day of the lunar month prior to Dhu al-Hijja [48] to announce the specific dates for both Hajj rituals and the subsequent Eid festival. The three days after the ...