Islamic New Year
| Islamic New Year | |
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| Official name | Dhu al-Hijjah |
| Ends | 1 Muharram |
| Date | 1 Muharram |
| 2023 date | 18 – 19 July 2023 |
| 2024 date | 7 – 8 July 2024 (estimated) |
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The Islamic New Year (
While some
A day in the Islamic calendar is defined as beginning at sunset. For example, 1 Muharram 1432 was defined to correspond to 7 or 8 December 2010 in civil calendars (depending on the country). For an observation-based calendar, a sighting of the new moon at sunset of 6 December would mean that 1 Muharram lasted from the moment of sunset of 6 December to the moment of sunset of 7 December, while in places where the new moon was not sighted on 6 December 1 Muharram would last from the moment of sunset of 7 December to the moment of sunset of 8 December.[5]
Alternative date
Twelver Shia Muslims believe the Islamic new year is the first of Rabi' al-Awwal rather than Muharram, due to it being the month in which the Hijrah took place.[6] This has led to difference regarding description of the years in which some events took place, such as the Muharram-occurring battle of Karbala, which Shias say took place in 60 AH, while Sunnis say it took place in 61 AH.[7]
Gregorian correspondence
Since the Islamic lunar year is eleven to twelve days shorter than the solar year as approximated by the Gregorian calendar, the Islamic New Year does not occur on the same Gregorian calendar date every year.
The following dates are predicted for the Gregorian calendar dates to correspond with the Islamic new year, according to Saudi Arabia's
| Islamic year | Gregorian date |
|---|---|
| 1443 AH | 9 August 2021 |
| 1444 AH | 30 July 2022 |
| 1445 AH | 19 July 2023 |
| 1446 AH | 7 July 2024 [a] |
| 1447 AH | 26 June 2025 [a] |
- ^ a b The actual Gregorian date of 1 Muharram may differ by locality according to local traditions, time zone and atmospheric conditions.
See also
References
- ^ Lunde, Paul. "The Beginning of Hijri calendar". Saudi Aramco World Magazine. No. November/December 2005. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Islamic Crescents' Observation Project". Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ "Saudi Dating System". Islamic Crescents' Observation Project. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ van Gent, Robert Harry. "The Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Visibility of Muharram Crescent 1432 AH". Islamic Crescents' Observation Project. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.; seen on 6 December in Algeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Africa.
- ^ Al-Hilli, Mohammed (22 September 2021). "Muharram May Not Be The Start Of The Islamic Hijri New Year". Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Rizvi, Sa'eed Akhtar (1401). "Martyrdom of Imam Husayn and the Muslim and Jewish Calendars". Al-Serat (a Journal of Islamic Studies). 6 (3–4). Retrieved 13 April 2024 – via Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project.
- ^ "Principal Islamic days of observation (1420 AH to 1450 AH)". Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
External links
Calendar converters
- Beers, T.S. (2018). "Calendar Converter for Near East Historians". muqawwim.com.
- Walker, John (September 2015). "Calendar converter". fourmilab.ch.
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