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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.
Laylat al-Qadr, Sunni Date Last Friday of the month of Ramadan May 22, 2020 Jumu'atul-Wida/Quds Day: 29 Ramadan May 22, 2020 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
In Sunni Islam, ninth and tenth of Muharram are days for voluntary fasting, strongly encouraged by Sunni jurists. [2] While not endorsed by all Sunni scholars, [2] [13] Ashura is further viewed as a day of thanksgiving (shukr) to God, a joyous occasion, celebrated through pious acts and acceptable expressions of delight. [14]
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 Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the lunar year (of twelve lunar months) is eleven or twelve days shorter than the solar year. [18] Muharram days are different in consecutive solar years. [19]
Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest denomination of Islam , followed by 87–90% of the world's Muslims , and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
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This day is observed as a day of fasting for Twelver Shia Muslims, followed by celebrations after breaking the fast to commemorate Muhammad's birth. Additionally, this date is significant as it also marks the birth of the sixth Imam, Ja'afar al-Sadiq , eighty-three years later.