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5 February – Kashmir Solidarity Day; 23 March – Pakistan Day; 10 April to 12 April – Eid al-Fitr; 1 May – Labour Day; 28 May - Youm-e-Takbir [189] 17–18 June – Eid al-Adha; 16–17 July – Ashura; 14 August – Independence Day; 16 September – Milad un-Nabi; 9 November - Iqbal Day [190] 25 December – Quaid-e-Azam Day
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 ...
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.
Eid al-Fitr, which means feast, will be celebrated in Pakistan on Wednesday, subject to sighting of the moon. The three-day holiday marks the end of Ramadan , Islam’s holy month of fasting.
Here's when Ramadan ends and the celebration of Eid al-Fitr starts. Muslims across the world continue there month of fasting, but it is almost over. Here's when Ramadan ends and the celebration of ...
For this reason, the date for Eid al Fitr on a solar calendar appears to change every year, occurring 10–11 days earlier each time. ... April 9, 2024 in North America. It’s a three-day holiday ...
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 ...
Eid al-Fitr is one of two major Muslims holidays. The other, Eid al-Adha, or the "feast of the sacrifice," takes place in the final or twelfth month of the Islamic calendar.