When Does 1 Muharram 1443 AH Start?

The crescent moon visibility map for 1 Muharram 1443 on the evening of Monday, 9 August 2021. Most part of the world would be able to sight the crescent moon (hilal) and therefore start 1 Muharam 1443 AH on Tuesday, 10 August 2021.

The month of Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic Calendar. The coming ‘Islamic New Year‘, 1 Muharram 1443 AH is marked by the moon conjunction on Ahad, 8 August 2021 at 13:50 UTC. However, the crescent moon or hilal of the Muharram month will not be visible on that evening for most part of … Read more

Printable Islamic Calendar 2009 Revisited

Star writing at Alhabib - Coloring with Islam

Several days ago, a visitor asking for a printable islamic calendar. Although I have provided a few links that I know lead to such calendar – apart from my design – in my previous post, I decided to make a more decent and visually appealing yearly islamic calendar for 2009. THis printable calendar has all … Read more

Islamic Calendar for 2009 CE

After a bit thinkering of the actionscript code that propels the islamic calendar widgets on my site, I can now generate the yearly or monthly calendar automatically. The generated calendar has the islamic hijri dates along side the dates in christian era (CE). The calendar is color coded so that you can find easily when the hijri month starts and its corresponding date in christian era. For those who practise the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad pbuh.: fasting for three days each lunar month on the days of full moon (Yaum al-Bidh), these days are also marked. An info box about important islamic dates (Islamic New Year, Ashura, Ramadan, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha) for the year is also presented.

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Islamic Calendar Calculation Updated

Star writing at Alhabib - Coloring with Islam

Some of you may already notice that for the hijri calendar widgets I used the formula from Ummul Qura to calculate the islamic date. The decision to use this formula was, among others, to bring the displayed hijri date in synchronisation with the calendar system that is referenced by many muslim countries. Thus, many users … Read more