The islamic date corresponding to a date in the gregorian calendar can be computed by
the following rule, with a maximum error of one day: multiply 970,224 by the islamic year,
divide by 6 decimal places (one million), and add 621.5774. The figure to the left of the
decimal point is the year C.E, and the decimal fraction multiplied by 365 is the day of
the year.
A major religious calendar is the islamic calendar, a lunar one used in most muslim countries.
It is reckoned from July 622 C.E (1 Muharram 1 H), the first day of the first month of
the 'year of the hijra', or migration of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from
Makkah to Medina (which took place in September 622 C.E).
The islamic year consists of 12 lunar months. Thirty years constitute a cycle in which
the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th years are leap years
of 355 days; the others are common years of 354 days.
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Important Islamic dates:
1 Ramadhan
First day of fasting
1 Shawwal
Eid ul-Fitr
8-10 Dhul-Hijjah
Hajj to Makkah
10 Dhul-Hijjah
Eid ul-Adha
Notes:
January 2000 last update October 2005 Ganiyu Hussain |