The Islamic New Year (Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية Ras as-Sanah al-Hijriyah)also known as hijri new year is the day that marks the beginning of a new Islamic year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented.
The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.
The first Islamic year begins in 610 AD during which the emigration of PROPHET MUHAMMAD (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam) from Mecca to MADINA, known as the HIJRAT.Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar.
The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.
The first Islamic year begins in 610 AD during which the emigration of PROPHET MUHAMMAD (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam) from Mecca to MADINA, known as the HIJRAT.Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar.
On the first day of Muharram, the Islamic New Year is observed by Muslims.
The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and is 11
to 12 days shorter than the solar year.
Hence it is a little different from the Gregorian
calendar that is used in the western nations.
When compared with the Gregorian
calendar, which is a solar calendar, the lunar month of Muharram shifts from year to year.
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