What is islamic calendar?
The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (also called the Hijri calendar) is a lunar calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days. It is a lunar calendar having 12 lunar months in a year of about 354 days. Because this lunar year is about 11 days shorter than the solar year. Islamic years are also called Hijra years because the first year was the year during which the Hijra occurred—Islamic prophet Muhammad’s emigration from Mecca to Medina. The Islamic months are named as follows: Muharram محرّم (or Muḥarram al Ḥaram) Safar صفر (or Ṣafar al Muzaffar) Rabi’ al-awwal (Rabī’ I) ربيع الأول Rabi’ al-thani (or Rabī’ al Thānī, or Rabī’ al-Akhir) (Rabī’ II) ربيع الآخر أو ربيع الثاني Jumada al-awwal (Jumādā I) جمادى الاولى Jumada al-thani (or Jumādā al-akhir) (Jumādā II) جمادى الآخر أو جمادى الثاني Rajab رجب (or Rajab al Murajab) Sha’aban شعبان (or Sha’abān al Moazam) Ramad
