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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.
Note: Observed next day in years in which Muharram has only 29 days 1-30 Safar: September 30 - October 28, 2019 2nd Month of the Islamic Calendar 1 Safar September 30, 2019 Two Shia Days of Remembrance: 7 Safar October 6, 2019 Birth of Imam Musa-e-Kazim, 128 A.H. 10 Safar October 9, 2019 Multiple Shia days of remembrance: 12 Safar October 11, 2019
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.
In Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day can occasionally occur in Holy Week, the week before Easter; in this case the three holidays (Saint Patrick's Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday) plus three days' leave can result in a 10-day break. See Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland. In Poland during holidays on 1 and 3 May, when taking a few days ...
Because Muslim holidays and festivals are dictated by the Islamic calendar, which is a 12-month lunar calendar in which each month begins when a new moon is sighted, Eid al-Adha falls on different ...
February 1: World Hijab Day; Second Sunday in February: International Purple Hijab Day; February 20: Promised Reformer Day ; February 28: Teachers' Day (Arab states) March 15: International Day To Combat Islamophobia; March 23: Promised Messiah Day (Ahmadiyya) May 27: Caliphate Day (Ahmadiyya) July 11: Imamat Day (Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims)
Day of Arafah is an Islamic holiday that falls on the 9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. It is the holiest day in the Islamic calendar (the holiest night being The Night of Power), the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage, and the day after is the first day of the major Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. Judaism
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