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The Islamic New Year (Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية, Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah), also called the Hijri New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observed by most Muslims on the first day of the month of Muharram.
1 Muharram August 31, 2019 Islamic New Year: 1-10 Muharram August 31-September 9, 2019 Bibi-Ka-Alam: event held in Hyderabad, India: 2 Muharram September 1, 2019 Shia day of Mourning: Arrival of Imam Hussain in Karbalā, 61 A.H. 3 Muharram September 2, 2019 Shia day of Mourning: Water supply to Imam Husain & his companions was stopped in Karbalā
15 Sep. 2024 Baptism of Muhammad [f] 19 Rabī‘ al-Awwal 22 Sep. 2024 Beginning the Three Holy Months: 1 Rajab Laylat al-Raghaib: 2 Rajab Birthday of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib [a] 13 Rajab: Laylat al-Mi'raj: 26 Rajab or 27 Rajab [g] Laylat al-Bara'at: 15 Sha‘bān Birthday of Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdī [d] 15 Sha‘bān First day of Ramaḍān: 1 ...
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 one, where each month begins when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. The Islamic year consists of 12 lunar cycles, and consequently it is 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, and as it contains no intercalation, [a] Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.
Full moon in the month of Thai (January–February) Thaipusam: Hari Thaipusam: Yes: No: No: Yes: No: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No: No: Yes: No First two days of the first lunar month (January–February) Chinese New Year: Tahun Baru Cina: Two days; federal holiday (except second day in Kelantan and Terengganu, where it is a state holiday) 1 ...
Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.
Day Holiday 1 January: New Year's Day: 25 February: National Day: 26 February: Liberation Day: 16 September: The Prophet's Birthday: 1 Muharram: Islamic New Year: 27 Rajab: The Prophet's Ascension: 1 to 3 Shawwal: Eid al-Fitr: 9 Dhul-Hujja: Al-Wuquf Fi Arafa: 10 to 13 Dhul-Hujja: Eid al-Adha