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February 25 - March 24, 2020 7th Month of the Islamic calendar 1 Rajab February 25, 2020 Shia day of Celebration:Birth of Imam Mohammed Baqir, 57 A.H. 6 Rajab March 1, 2020 Urs of Moinuddin Chishti. (Sunni) 7 Rajab March 2, 2020 Shia day of Celebration: Birth of Abbas, 36 A.H. According to some scholars on 4th Shabaan 9 Rajab March 6, 2020
Every year, the Gregorian dates of the Islamic holidays change. 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 ...
Gregorian date [24] 1441: 25 May 2019, 27 May 2019, 29 May 2019, 31 May 2019, 2 June 2019 or 4 June 2019 1442: 15 May 2020, 17 May 2020, 19 May 2020, 21 May 2020 or 23 May 2020 1443: 4 May 2021, 6 May 2021, 8 May 2021, 10 May 2021 or 12 May 2021 1444: 22 April 2022, 24 April 2022, 26 April 2022, 28 April 2022, or 30 April 2022 1445
March 21–25: March 22–26 12 Farvardin: Islamic Republic Day: Public holiday in Iran: March 31: April 1: April 2 13 Farvardin: Sizdah Bedar: Public holiday in Iran: April 1: April 2: April 3 3 Ordibehesht: Teacher's Day in Afghanistan: Not an official observance: April 22: April 23: April 24 12 Ordibehesht: Teacher's Day in Iran
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. The Islamic day starts after sunset.
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 month of Ramadan revolves around the crescent moon and begins this year on April 1. It will end May 1. Ramadan 2022: What to know about the month of fasting observed by Muslims worldwide
The calendar's epoch (first year) corresponds to the Hijrah in 622 CE, which is the same as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri calendar but as it is a solar calendar, the two calendars' year numbers do not coincide with each other and are slowly drifting apart, being about 43 years apart as of 2023.