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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.
Observed officially for 10 days, by private institutions from 3 to 7 days. 9-12 Dhul-Hijjah. The Feast of the End of Hajj. Eid al-Adha. Observed officially for 10 days, by private institutions from 3 to 7 days. 22 February. Founding Day (Foundation of the First Saudi State in 1727) Al-Yawm Al-Taasis. Officially for one day.
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.
Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims.
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. The estimated start and end dates for Ramadan, based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia, are: [2]
Saudi Arabia and some other Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, declared that the holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful observe a dawn-to-dusk fast ...
Recent dates of Eid al-Fitr in Saudi Arabia Islamic year Umm al-Qura predicted High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia announced 1399: 23 August 1979: 23 August 1979 1400: 12 August 1980: 12 August 1980 1401: 1 August 1981: 1 August 1981 1402: 22 July 1982: 22 July 1982 1403: 11 July 1983: 11 July 1983 1404: 30 June 1984: 30 June 1984 1405: 19 ...
The Islamic New Year ( Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية, Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah ), also called the Hijri New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observed by most Muslims on the first day of the month of Muharram.