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.
| 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 2023 | Wednesday 28/6/2023 |
| Aid El Adha 2023 | Thursday 29/6/2023 |
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.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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 |