But remember that dates are subject to an official sighting of the first crescent of the new moon and can also vary by a day or so in different locations.Ĭonfirmation using the new moon is seen as particularly significant for the months of Muharram (new year), Ramadan, Shawwal (whose first day is Eid ul Fitr) and Dhul Hijjah (during which Eid ul Adha and the Hajj take place). Islamic months and expected dates in year 1444Īccording to predictions and astronomical charts, the months of the Islamic year during year 1444 - covering 2022/2023 - are expected to start as listed below. And as already mentioned, there can also be local variations of a day or so.īut the calendar below will give you a very good idea of when all the key dates are happening in the new Islamic year that spans the second half of 2022 and the first half of 2023. All of these dates are subject to confirmation following an official sighting of the first crescent of the new moon. So when are the key events for Muslims in the Islamic calendar? The main dates are given below.

Elsewhere, Muslim congregations and communities in other countries have their own rules - some announce dates based on astronomical data, some follow declarations from Saudi Arabia, and others base dates on local moon-sightings at home or in a nearby Islamic nation such as Morocco. Most Islamic nations have national moon-sighting committees that decide when the key dates are for the whole country to follow. Dates can vary by a day or two on either side, depending on which reports of moon sightings are followed. The Islamic year of 1444 runs from July 30, 2022, to July 19, 2023. Years older than that date are denoted as BH (Before Hijra). The calendar was established in 622AD when Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina - after being warned of an assassination plot - and established the first Muslim community (ummah), an event commemorated as the Hijra. All other dates within that month can then be determined. READ MORE: Tributes paid to 'kind and dedicated' ex Birmingham Lord Mayor Mohammed Azimĭates in the calendar can be predicted in advance but in practice, a sighting of the first crescent of the new moon is confirmed before the start of each month is known. It means that Islamic dates fall 10 or 11 days earlier in each regular western year. This lunar calendar is shorter than the 365 (and sometimes 366) days in the solar-based year of the Gregorian calendar followed by much of the western world.

The Islamic calendar - also called the Hijri calendar - is based on the cycle of the moon and consists of 12 months in a year of 354 days. So when are they? And how are they worked out? We are now in the year 1444 of the Islamic calendar and that means events such as Ramadan, Eid, and the Hajj pilgrimage will be coming round once again.

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