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Gregorian dates before that are proleptic, that is, using the Gregorian rules to reckon backward from October 15, 1582. Years are given in astronomical year numbering . Augustus corrected errors in the observance of leap years by omitting leap days until AD 8.
6 December [9] 1433 AH: Sun Nov 27, 2011 (Close to the Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011) 26 November [10] 1434 AH: Thu/Fri 14/15 Nov 2012 (Close to the Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012) 15 November [11] 1435 AH: Mon/Tue 4/5 Nov 2013 (Close to the Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013) 1436 AH
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.
A calendar date is a reference to a particular day, represented within a calendar system, enabling a specific day to be unambiguously identified. Simple math can be performed between dates; commonly, the number of days between two dates may be calculated, e.g., "25 February 2025" is ten days after "15 February 2025".
The Gregorian calendar, like the Julian calendar, is a solar calendar with 12 months of 28–31 days each. The year in both calendars consists of 365 days, with a leap day being added to February in the leap years. The months and length of months in the Gregorian calendar are the same as for the Julian calendar.
Every so often, the shortest month of the year, February, is given one extra day, making it 29 days long. 2024 is one of those years, making this year a leap year, where, in addition to February ...
A given Hijri year will usually fall in two successive Gregorian years. A CE year will always overlap two or occasionally three successive Hijri years. For example, the year 2008 CE maps to the last week of AH 1428, [ 15 ] all of 1429, [ 16 ] and the first few days of 1430. [ 17 ]
The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Jumada al-Thani migrates throughout the seasons.