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Eid al-Fitr is expected to begin the evening of Tuesday, April 9, 2024, and end the evening of Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Eid al-Adha begins on June 16, 2024, and ends on June 17, 2024. When Does ...
Date English Name Local Name Notes; Dhu al-Hijjah 10th Eid-ul-Adha: عید الاضحٰی : Marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage; sacrifices offered on this day commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Shawwal 1st Eid-ul-Fitr: عيد الفطر: Marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan: Rabiʽ al-Awwal 12th Eid Milad-un-Nabi ...
10 April – A bus carrying Eid Al-Fitr pilgrims plunges into a ditch in Lasbela District, Balochistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16 others. [39] 12 April: Pakistan designates the Liwa Zainebiyoun, a group suspected of ties with Iran, as a terrorist organization. [40]
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.
But on the Islamic calendar, the date for Eid al Fitr is always consistent. In a lunar Islamic month, each month has either 29 or 30 days, though scientifically each month has a mean period of 29. ...
Eid ul Fitr: The celebration at the end of the fasting month (Ramadan) 9 Dhu al-Hijjah: Day of Arafah: It is celebrated by Muslims through fasting. 10: Dhu al-Hijjah: Eid al-Adha: The celebration of Abraham's sacrifice
Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces at mosques and marketplaces across the country ahead of the massive Eid al-Fitr holiday, officials said Tuesday.
Although the date of Eid al-Fitr is always the same in the Islamic calendar, the date in the Gregorian calendar falls approximately 11 days earlier each successive year, since the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Gregorian calendar is solar. Hence if the Eid falls in the first ten days of a Gregorian calendar year, there will be a second Eid ...