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  2. Islamic holidays - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Eid al-Adha - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Islamic calendar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. What Is Eid? All About the Muslim Celebration and Why ... - AOL

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    Eid al-Adha begins on June 16, 2024, and ends on June 17, 2024. When Does Ramadan End in 2024? According to Muslim Aid , in 2024, Ramadan runs from the evening of Monday, March 11 through the ...

  6. What is Eid al-Fitr and how is it being celebrated? - AOL

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    Similar to Easter Sunday in the Christian calendar, Eid does not fall on the same day every year. Instead, Eid and the period of Ramadan are both determined by a new moon, as Islam follows the ...

  7. Dhu al-Hijjah - Wikipedia

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    The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Dhu al-Hijjah migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Dhu al-Hijja, based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia, are: [2]

  8. 2009 Calendar from Oriental Trading - AOL

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    Oriental Trading -- best known for selling cheap imported trinkets by the gross to teachers through its catalogs -- is offering a free 2009 calendar to anyone who fills out this form.You can check ...

  9. List of observances set by the Islamic calendar - Wikipedia

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    8th Month of the Islamic calendar 15 Sha'ban April 8, 2020 Birth of Imam Mahdi/Mid-Sha'ban: Public holiday in Iran, Gargee'an: Ramadan (calendar month) (also called Ramadhan) April 24 - May 23, 2020 9th month of the Islamic calendar 1 Ramadan April 24, 2020 First day of Ramadan Public holiday in Malaysia: 14 Ramadan May 7, 2020 Garangao: 15 Ramadan