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Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, [1] Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
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 the Islamic holidays change. Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 ...
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.
The date of Eid al-Adha changes every year on the Gregorian calendar but remains the same on the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is a fully lunar calendar which means that with a solar ...
Each year the Islamic Lunar calendar is typically shorter than the Solar calendar by 10-12 days and usually Eid and Ramadan rotate and are celebrated in different seasons of the year.
The first Eid celebration is Eid al-Fitr, which lasts three days. The second Eid is Eid al-Adha , which spans four days. Eid al-Fitr ("the feast of breaking the fast") marks the end of Ramadan , a ...
5 February – Kashmir Solidarity Day; 23 March – Pakistan Day; 10 April to 12 April – Eid al-Fitr; 1 May – Labour Day; 28 May - Youm-e-Takbir [186] 17–18 June – Eid al-Adha; 16–17 July – Ashura; 14 August – Independence Day; 16 September – Milad un-Nabi; 9 November - Iqbal Day [187] 25 December – Quaid-e-Azam Day
Defence Day: Celebrated in memory of those who died in the Indo-Pak war of 1965: 7: September: Air Force Day: Celebrated to commend the role of Pakistan Air Force in the 1965 war with India 8: September: Navy Day: Celebrated to commend the role of Pakistan Navy in the 1965 war with India 9: November: Iqbal Day: Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal: 25 ...