Hijri Islamic New Year Calendar

Islam has a calendar based on the revolutions of the moon rather than the sun.

Hijri islamic new year calendar.

Compared to western calendars the islamic year goes backwards by about 11 days every year. It is the start of the hijri year with the month of muharram according to the islamic lunar calendar. The first day of islamic new year 2020 which is also called arabic new year 1442 or hijri new year 1442 or islamic new hijri year 1442 is observed on the first day of muharram 2020 it muharram is the first month of the islamic calendar. The islamic new year is on the first day of muharram the first month in the lunar islamic calendar which differs from the gregorian calendar.

Dubai s islamic affairs and charitable activities department iacad on saturday announced the first electronic launch of the hijri islamic year calendar for the year 1442 ah. The epoch of the islamic era is marked by the year of the flight hijra or hegira dated as 622 ce common era. The new islamic hijri year 1442 starts with the holy month of muharram. رأس السنة الهجرية raʿs as sanah al hijrīyah also called the hijri new year or arabic new year is the day that marks the beginning of a new hijri year and is the day on which the year count is incremented the first day of the islamic year is observed by muslims on the first day of the month of muharram.

The islamic new year starts off with muharram followed by safar rabi al awwal rabi al thani jumada al awwal jumada al thani rajab shaban ramadan shawwal dhul qadah and dhul. Across the globe muslims observe their new year on the first day of muharram meaning prohibited or barred the second holiest month after ramadan a period of fasting called sawm this day is also known as al hijri or the islamic new year muharram is one of the most sacred months of the islamic calendar which has about 354 days unlike the gregorian calendar that consists of 365 days. The islamic calendar. The islamic calendar consists of 12 months similar to the gregorian calendar.

Thus it is only 354 days long. Hijri 2019 will be on august 31 and september 1 this year image. Getty this holiday also commemorates the founding of islam and muhammad s migration from mecca to. However it consists of 354 355 days unlike the 365 366 days in the regular calendar.

Is al hijra islamic new year a public holiday. Islamic new year is celebrated on the first day of muharram the first islamic month. The islamic new year arabic. It is a day off for the general population and schools and most businesses are closed.

The islamic calendar is based on a 30 year cycle with 11 leap years of 355 days and 19 years of just 354 days compared to the 366 and 365 respectively of the gregorian calendar.