Islamic Calendar 2023

The islamic calendar is also called the Muslim lunar calendar based on the moon. The lunar year, also called the Hegirian year, signifies the period of time that the moon needs to orbit the Earth for twelve complete periods. Each cycle expresses a month, which means that the lunar year is twelve months, the length of a month varies from twenty-nine to thirty days.

The lunar year is the basis of several caldenriers such as the Indian, Hebrew, Chinese and Muslim calendars. These calendars all depend entirely on the shape of the moon in the sky to know the current date, and the shape of the moon changes depending on its location between the sun and the earth.

The Muslim holidays of the Hegirian calendar 2023

Mouharram 2023 (beginning of the islamic calendar)Wednesday 19/7/2023
Achoura 2023 Friday 28/7/2023
Mawlid nabawi Wednesday 27/9/2023
Ramadan 2023 ( beginning of ramadan 2023)Thursday 23/3/2023
Aid El Fitr 2023 ( end of ramadan 2023)Saturday 22/4/2023
Arafat's day 2023Wednesday 28/6/2023
Aid El Adha 2023Thursday 29/6/2023

FAQ

Q :What year are we in the Muslim calendar ?

R :We are in 1444 from the islamic calendar 2023;


Q :Beginning of the Arabic calendar ?

R:The calendar begins with the month of Muharram. Pour 2023 the beginning of the Arabic calendar is scheduled for the Wednesday 19/7/2023


Q :Why the Hijri calendar starts on July 16, 622 ?

R: The Hijri calendar, which is also called the Higirian calendar, begins in 622 because it is the date of the HIjra (exile) of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) from Mecca to Medina. It is the second kalif of Islam, Omar Ibn Khatab who established it.


Q :Who uses this calendar ?

R:Many Muslim countries use the Muslim calendar in their everyday life. We could mention Saudi Arabia, Morocco. Other countries use both calendars with a preference for the Gregorian like Tunisia, Algeria etc.


Q :Why is the Muslim calendar lunar ?

R: Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula used the lunar calendar as early as 412. Islam kept this type of calculation in competition with the Julian calender used by Rome.


Q :How many months in the Hegirian calendar ?

R: There are 12 months in the hijir caldenrier. God says in Sura Tawba "The number of months with Allah is twelve [months], in Allah's prescription, on the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred: such is the right religion. ". The months of the Islamic calendar are in order: Muharram, Safar, Rabia al awal, Rabia al thani, Joumada al oula, Joumada al thania, Rajab, Chaabane, Ramadan, Chawwal, Dhou al qida, Dhou al-hijja.


Q :What are the white days or al ayem el bide ?

R: The white days or Ayems bide are the 13th, 14th and 15th day of each Slunaier month. The Prophet (peace be upon him) to ask to fast them in addition to Monday and Thursday. White days are identified in "green" in the calendar below.


Q :How many days in the Arabic calendar ?

R: The Hegirian calendar has 354 days, which is 11 days less than the Gregorian calendar. Each month can have 29 or 30 days.

Muslim lunar calendar 2023

Islamic calendar for current month Dhou al Quida / Dhou el hidja

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
    
1
12

Dhu al Quida
2
13

Dhu al Quida
3
14

Dhu al Quida
4
15

Dhu al Quida
5
16

Dhu al Quida
6
17

Dhu al Quida
7
18

Dhu al Quida
8
19

Dhu al Quida
9
20

Dhu al Quida
10
21

Dhu al Quida
11
22

Dhu al Quida
12
23

Dhu al Quida
13
24

Dhu al Quida
14
25

Dhu al Quida
15
26

Dhu al Quida
16
27

Dhu al Quida
17
28

Dhu al Quida
18
29

Dhu al Quida
19
30

Dhu al Quida
20
01

Dhu el hidja
21
02

Dhu el hidja
22
03

Dhu el hidja
23
04

Dhu el hidja
24
05

Dhu el hidja
25
06

Dhu el hidja
26
07

Dhu el hidja
27
08

Dhu el hidja
28
09

Dhu el hidja
29
10

Dhu el hidja
30
11

Dhu el hidja
 

January 2023 Jomada al Thani / Rajab

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1
08

Jomada al Thani
2
09

Jomada al Thani
3
10

Jomada al Thani
4
11

Jomada al Thani
5
12

Jomada al Thani
6
13

Jomada al Thani
7
14

Jomada al Thani
8
15

Jomada al Thani
9
16

Jomada al Thani
10
17

Jomada al Thani
11
18

Jomada al Thani
12
19

Jomada al Thani
13
20

Jomada al Thani
14
21

Jomada al Thani
15
22

Jomada al Thani
16
23

Jomada al Thani
17
24

Jomada al Thani
18
25

Jomada al Thani
19
26

Jomada al Thani
20
27

Jomada al Thani
21
28

Jomada al Thani
22
29

Jomada al Thani
23
01

Rajab
24
02

Rajab
25
03

Rajab
26
04

Rajab
27
05

Rajab
28
06

Rajab
29
07

Rajab
30
08

Rajab
31
09

Rajab
    

February 2023 Rajab / Chaben

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1
10

Rajab
2
11

Rajab
3
12

Rajab
4
13

Rajab
5
14

Rajab
6
15

Rajab
7
16

Rajab
8
17

Rajab
9
18

Rajab
10
19

Rajab
11
20

Rajab
12
21

Rajab
13
22

Rajab
14
23

Rajab
15
24

Rajab
16
25

Rajab
17
26

Rajab
18
27

Rajab
19
28

Rajab
20
29

Rajab
21
30

Rajab
22
01

Chaben
23
02

Chaben
24
03

Chaben
25
04

Chaben
26
05

Chaben
27
06

Chaben
28
07

Chaben
    

March 2023 Chaben / Ramadan

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1
08

Chaben
2
09

Chaben
3
10

Chaben
4
11

Chaben
5
12

Chaben
6
13

Chaben
7
14

Chaben
8
15

Chaben
9
16

Chaben
10
17

Chaben
11
18

Chaben
12
19

Chaben
13
20

Chaben
14
21

Chaben
15
22

Chaben
16
23

Chaben
17
24

Chaben
18
25

Chaben
19
26

Chaben
20
27

Chaben
21
28

Chaben
22
29

Chaben
23
01

Ramadan
24
02

Ramadan
25
03

Ramadan
26
04

Ramadan
27
05

Ramadan
28
06

Ramadan
29
07

Ramadan
30
08

Ramadan
31
09

Ramadan
 

April 2023 Ramadan / Chawal

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1
10

Ramadan
2
11

Ramadan
3
12

Ramadan
4
13

Ramadan
5
14

Ramadan
6
15

Ramadan
7
16

Ramadan
8
17

Ramadan
9
18

Ramadan
10
19

Ramadan
11
20

Ramadan
12
21

Ramadan
13
22

Ramadan
14
23

Ramadan
15
24

Ramadan
16
25

Ramadan
17
26

Ramadan
18
27

Ramadan
19
28

Ramadan
20
29

Ramadan
21
30

Ramadan
22
01

Chawal
23
02

Chawal
24
03

Chawal
25
04

Chawal
26
05

Chawal
27
06

Chawal
28
07

Chawal
29
08

Chawal
30
09

Chawal
      

May 2023 Chawal / Dhou al Quida

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
 
1
10

Chawal
2
11

Chawal
3
12

Chawal
4
13

Chawal
5
14

Chawal
6
15

Chawal
7
16

Chawal
8
17

Chawal
9
18

Chawal
10
19

Chawal
11
20

Chawal
12
21

Chawal
13
22

Chawal
14
23

Chawal
15
24

Chawal
16
25

Chawal
17
26

Chawal
18
27

Chawal
19
28

Chawal
20
29

Chawal
21
01

Dhu al Quida
22
02

Dhu al Quida
23
03

Dhu al Quida
24
04

Dhu al Quida
25
05

Dhu al Quida
26
06

Dhu al Quida
27
07

Dhu al Quida
28
08

Dhu al Quida
29
09

Dhu al Quida
30
10

Dhu al Quida
31
11

Dhu al Quida
   

June 2023 Dhou al Quida / Dhou el hidja

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
    
1
12

Dhu al Quida
2
13

Dhu al Quida
3
14

Dhu al Quida
4
15

Dhu al Quida
5
16

Dhu al Quida
6
17

Dhu al Quida
7
18

Dhu al Quida
8
19

Dhu al Quida
9
20

Dhu al Quida
10
21

Dhu al Quida
11
22

Dhu al Quida
12
23

Dhu al Quida
13
24

Dhu al Quida
14
25

Dhu al Quida
15
26

Dhu al Quida
16
27

Dhu al Quida
17
28

Dhu al Quida
18
29

Dhu al Quida
19
30

Dhu al Quida
20
01

Dhu el hidja
21
02

Dhu el hidja
22
03

Dhu el hidja
23
04

Dhu el hidja
24
05

Dhu el hidja
25
06

Dhu el hidja
26
07

Dhu el hidja
27
08

Dhu el hidja
28
09

Dhu el hidja
29
10

Dhu el hidja
30
11

Dhu el hidja
 

July 2023 Dhou el hidja / Mouharram

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
      
1
12

Dhu el hidja
2
13

Dhu el hidja
3
14

Dhu el hidja
4
15

Dhu el hidja
5
16

Dhu el hidja
6
17

Dhu el hidja
7
18

Dhu el hidja
8
19

Dhu el hidja
9
20

Dhu el hidja
10
21

Dhu el hidja
11
22

Dhu el hidja
12
23

Dhu el hidja
13
24

Dhu el hidja
14
25

Dhu el hidja
15
26

Dhu el hidja
16
27

Dhu el hidja
17
28

Dhu el hidja
18
29

Dhu el hidja
19
01

Muharram
20
02

Muharram
21
03

Muharram
22
04

Muharram
23
05

Muharram
24
06

Muharram
25
07

Muharram
26
08

Muharram
27
09

Muharram
28
10

Muharram
29
11

Muharram
30
12

Muharram
31
13

Muharram
     

August 2023 Mouharram / Safar

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
  
1
14

Muharram
2
15

Muharram
3
16

Muharram
4
17

Muharram
5
18

Muharram
6
19

Muharram
7
20

Muharram
8
21

Muharram
9
22

Muharram
10
23

Muharram
11
24

Muharram
12
25

Muharram
13
26

Muharram
14
27

Muharram
15
28

Muharram
16
29

Muharram
17
30

Muharram
18
01

Safar
19
02

Safar
20
03

Safar
21
04

Safar
22
05

Safar
23
06

Safar
24
07

Safar
25
08

Safar
26
09

Safar
27
10

Safar
28
11

Safar
29
12

Safar
30
13

Safar
31
14

Safar
  

September 2023 Safar / Rabi al awwal

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
     
1
15

Safar
2
16

Safar
3
17

Safar
4
18

Safar
5
19

Safar
6
20

Safar
7
21

Safar
8
22

Safar
9
23

Safar
10
24

Safar
11
25

Safar
12
26

Safar
13
27

Safar
14
28

Safar
15
01

Rabi al awwal
16
01

Rabi al awwal
17
02

Rabi al awwal
18
03

Rabi al awwal
19
04

Rabi al awwal
20
05

Rabi al awwal
21
06

Rabi al awwal
22
07

Rabi al awwal
23
08

Rabi al awwal
24
09

Rabi al awwal
25
10

Rabi al awwal
26
11

Rabi al awwal
27
12

Rabi al awwal
28
13

Rabi al awwal
29
14

Rabi al awwal
30
15

Rabi al awwal

October 2023 Rabi al awwal / Rabi al thani

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1
16

Rabi al awwal
2
17

Rabi al awwal
3
18

Rabi al awwal
4
19

Rabi al awwal
5
20

Rabi al awwal
6
21

Rabi al awwal
7
22

Rabi al awwal
8
23

Rabi al awwal
9
24

Rabi al awwal
10
25

Rabi al awwal
11
26

Rabi al awwal
12
27

Rabi al awwal
13
28

Rabi al awwal
14
29

Rabi al awwal
15
30

Rabi al awwal
16
01

Rabi al thani
17
02

Rabi al thani
18
03

Rabi al thani
19
04

Rabi al thani
20
05

Rabi al thani
21
06

Rabi al thani
22
07

Rabi al thani
23
08

Rabi al thani
24
09

Rabi al thani
25
10

Rabi al thani
26
11

Rabi al thani
27
12

Rabi al thani
28
13

Rabi al thani
29
14

Rabi al thani
30
15

Rabi al thani
31
16

Rabi al thani
    

November 2023 Rabi al thani / Jomada al awwal

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1
17

Rabi al thani
2
18

Rabi al thani
3
19

Rabi al thani
4
20

Rabi al thani
5
21

Rabi al thani
6
22

Rabi al thani
7
23

Rabi al thani
8
24

Rabi al thani
9
25

Rabi al thani
10
26

Rabi al thani
11
27

Rabi al thani
12
28

Rabi al thani
13
29

Rabi al thani
14
01

Jomada al awwal
15
02

Jomada al awwal
16
03

Jomada al awwal
17
04

Jomada al awwal
18
05

Jomada al awwal
19
06

Jomada al awwal
20
07

Jomada al awwal
21
08

Jomada al awwal
22
09

Jomada al awwal
23
10

Jomada al awwal
24
11

Jomada al awwal
25
12

Jomada al awwal
26
13

Jomada al awwal
27
14

Jomada al awwal
28
15

Jomada al awwal
29
16

Jomada al awwal
30
17

Jomada al awwal
  

December 2023 Jomada al awwal / Jomada al Thani

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
     
1
18

Jomada al awwal
2
19

Jomada al awwal
3
20

Jomada al awwal
4
21

Jomada al awwal
5
22

Jomada al awwal
6
23

Jomada al awwal
7
24

Jomada al awwal
8
25

Jomada al awwal
9
26

Jomada al awwal
10
27

Jomada al awwal
11
28

Jomada al awwal
12
29

Jomada al awwal
13
30

Jomada al awwal
14
01

Jomada al Thani
15
02

Jomada al Thani
16
03

Jomada al Thani
17
04

Jomada al Thani
18
05

Jomada al Thani
19
06

Jomada al Thani
20
07

Jomada al Thani
21
08

Jomada al Thani
22
09

Jomada al Thani
23
10

Jomada al Thani
24
11

Jomada al Thani
25
12

Jomada al Thani
26
13

Jomada al Thani
27
14

Jomada al Thani
28
15

Jomada al Thani
29
16

Jomada al Thani
30
17

Jomada al Thani
31
18

Jomada al Thani
      

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