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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.
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.
t. e. Ramadan ( Arabic: رَمَضَان, Ramaḍān) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran is believed to be revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset.
The last 10 nights of Ramadan, including the night of Laylat al-Qadr, are important for Muslims, including a special night of worship.
Solar Hijri calendar. The Solar Hijri calendar or (Iranian) Persian calendar [ a] is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. It is a solar calendar and is the one Iranian calendar that is the most similar to the Gregorian calendar, it also is one of the most accurate in the world, being based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
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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)
All Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the evening before the date shown. On holidays marked "*", Jews are not permitted to work . Because the Hebrew calendar no longer relies on observation but is now governed by precise mathematical rules, it is possible to provide, for the future, the Gregorian calendar date on which a holiday will fall.