Shaʿban شعبان
The month before Ramadan. Its fifteenth night, the night of mid-Shaʿban, is kept awake in prayer by many.
التقويم الهجري
The Hijri months
Twelve months of 29 or 30 days, each beginning with the new crescent, so the year is about eleven days shorter than the sun’s and the holy days move slowly through the seasons.
Each month is here with the day it begins, projected from the Umm al-Qura calendar as ActivePray reckons it, and confirmed where the moon has been sighted.
1447 AH
The year 1447
Ramadan رمضان
The month of fasting, from dawn to sunset, and of Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, in its last ten nights.
Shawwal شوال
Eid al-Fitr opens it, and six days of recommended fasting may be kept anywhere in the month after the feast.
Dhu al-Qaʿdah ذو القعدة
One of the four sacred months, between the two feasts, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Dhu al-Hijjah ذو الحجة
The month of the Hajj, and a sacred month: the Day of Arafah on its ninth, and Eid al-Adha on its tenth.
1448 AH
The year 1448
Muharram محرم
The first month, and one of the four sacred months. The Hijri year opens with it, and its tenth day is Ashura.
Safar صفر
The second month. In Twelver Shia practice Arbaeen, the fortieth day after Ashura, falls on its twentieth.
Rabiʿ al-Awwal ربيع الأول
The month of the Prophet’s birth, kept as Mawlid an-Nabi by many: on the twelfth in Sunni reckoning, and the seventeenth in Twelver Shia.
Rabiʿ al-Thani ربيع الآخر
The fourth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year: a month of ordinary weeks.
Jumada al-Ula جمادى الأولى
The fifth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Jumada al-Akhirah جمادى الآخرة
The sixth month. Twelver Shia keep the martyrdom of Fatimah al-Zahra at its start and her birth on its twentieth.
Rajab رجب
One of the four sacred months. The night of Isra’ and Miʿraj, the Night Journey, falls on its twenty-seventh.
Shaʿban شعبان
The month before Ramadan. Its fifteenth night, the night of mid-Shaʿban, is kept awake in prayer by many.
Ramadan رمضان
The month of fasting, from dawn to sunset, and of Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, in its last ten nights.
Shawwal شوال
Eid al-Fitr opens it, and six days of recommended fasting may be kept anywhere in the month after the feast.
Dhu al-Qaʿdah ذو القعدة
One of the four sacred months, between the two feasts, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Dhu al-Hijjah ذو الحجة
The month of the Hajj, and a sacred month: the Day of Arafah on its ninth, and Eid al-Adha on its tenth.
1449 AH
The year 1449
Muharram محرم
The first month, and one of the four sacred months. The Hijri year opens with it, and its tenth day is Ashura.
Safar صفر
The second month. In Twelver Shia practice Arbaeen, the fortieth day after Ashura, falls on its twentieth.
Rabiʿ al-Awwal ربيع الأول
The month of the Prophet’s birth, kept as Mawlid an-Nabi by many: on the twelfth in Sunni reckoning, and the seventeenth in Twelver Shia.
Rabiʿ al-Thani ربيع الآخر
The fourth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year: a month of ordinary weeks.
Jumada al-Ula جمادى الأولى
The fifth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Jumada al-Akhirah جمادى الآخرة
The sixth month. Twelver Shia keep the martyrdom of Fatimah al-Zahra at its start and her birth on its twentieth.
Rajab رجب
One of the four sacred months. The night of Isra’ and Miʿraj, the Night Journey, falls on its twenty-seventh.
Shaʿban شعبان
The month before Ramadan. Its fifteenth night, the night of mid-Shaʿban, is kept awake in prayer by many.
Ramadan رمضان
The month of fasting, from dawn to sunset, and of Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, in its last ten nights.
Shawwal شوال
Eid al-Fitr opens it, and six days of recommended fasting may be kept anywhere in the month after the feast.
Dhu al-Qaʿdah ذو القعدة
One of the four sacred months, between the two feasts, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Dhu al-Hijjah ذو الحجة
The month of the Hajj, and a sacred month: the Day of Arafah on its ninth, and Eid al-Adha on its tenth.
1450 AH
The year 1450
Muharram محرم
The first month, and one of the four sacred months. The Hijri year opens with it, and its tenth day is Ashura.
Safar صفر
The second month. In Twelver Shia practice Arbaeen, the fortieth day after Ashura, falls on its twentieth.
Rabiʿ al-Awwal ربيع الأول
The month of the Prophet’s birth, kept as Mawlid an-Nabi by many: on the twelfth in Sunni reckoning, and the seventeenth in Twelver Shia.
Rabiʿ al-Thani ربيع الآخر
The fourth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year: a month of ordinary weeks.
Jumada al-Ula جمادى الأولى
The fifth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Jumada al-Akhirah جمادى الآخرة
The sixth month. Twelver Shia keep the martyrdom of Fatimah al-Zahra at its start and her birth on its twentieth.
Rajab رجب
One of the four sacred months. The night of Isra’ and Miʿraj, the Night Journey, falls on its twenty-seventh.
Shaʿban شعبان
The month before Ramadan. Its fifteenth night, the night of mid-Shaʿban, is kept awake in prayer by many.
Ramadan رمضان
The month of fasting, from dawn to sunset, and of Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, in its last ten nights.
Shawwal شوال
Eid al-Fitr opens it, and six days of recommended fasting may be kept anywhere in the month after the feast.
Dhu al-Qaʿdah ذو القعدة
One of the four sacred months, between the two feasts, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Dhu al-Hijjah ذو الحجة
The month of the Hajj, and a sacred month: the Day of Arafah on its ninth, and Eid al-Adha on its tenth.
1451 AH
The year 1451
Muharram محرم
The first month, and one of the four sacred months. The Hijri year opens with it, and its tenth day is Ashura.
Safar صفر
The second month. In Twelver Shia practice Arbaeen, the fortieth day after Ashura, falls on its twentieth.
Rabiʿ al-Awwal ربيع الأول
The month of the Prophet’s birth, kept as Mawlid an-Nabi by many: on the twelfth in Sunni reckoning, and the seventeenth in Twelver Shia.
Rabiʿ al-Thani ربيع الآخر
The fourth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year: a month of ordinary weeks.
Jumada al-Ula جمادى الأولى
The fifth month, with no holy day in either branch’s year.
Jumada al-Akhirah جمادى الآخرة
The sixth month. Twelver Shia keep the martyrdom of Fatimah al-Zahra at its start and her birth on its twentieth.
Rajab رجب
One of the four sacred months. The night of Isra’ and Miʿraj, the Night Journey, falls on its twenty-seventh.
Shaʿban شعبان
The month before Ramadan. Its fifteenth night, the night of mid-Shaʿban, is kept awake in prayer by many.
In ActivePray, the Hijri date stands at the top of every day, with each prayer at its hour.
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