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all about the calendar used in the muslim world, that are based on the moon movement.
Below is a summary of online reports about the sighting of the new crescent moon (hilal) for the islamic month of Rajab the year 1434 AH. Many positive sightings were reported from the observation of the crescent in the evening of Saturday, 11 May 2013. Almost from every places on the world: ICOP Nigeria Seen: … Read more
The crescent moon, that marks the beginning of the islamic month of Jumadal Thani 1434 AH, has been sighted around the world on the evening of 11 April 2013. Therefore, 1 Jumadal Thani 1434 AH corresponds to Friday, 12 April 2013. Photos of Hilal Below are several pictures of the hilal or the crescent moon … Read more
The islamic calendar is purely lunar and consists of 12 months. While it is a divine order by Allah to observe such calendar system, the names of the months in the islamic calendar was not pre-defined by Allah or the Messenger pbuh. The months inherited the names from the time of Jahiliya (pre-islamic periods), the … Read more
According to the announcement made by Sharjah Planetarium at the (United Arab Emirates) UAE Department of Culture and Information, the first day of islamic holy month of Ramadan is on July 10, 2013. The moon is born on July 8 at 11:14 but set at 19:08, five minutes before the sunset. Therefore, the crescent moon … Read more
Insha-allah, the year 2012 AD is going to end soon and we will enter 2013 AD. For muslims, we have entered the new islamic year 1434 AH (anno hijra), 1 Muharram, about amonth ago. Alhabib has prepared islamic calendar 2013 (a yearly calendar for 2013 with the corresponding islamic hijri dates) based on Ummul Qura … Read more
The Astronomical New Moon is on Tuesday November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UT. The Moon cannot be seen anywhere on November 13. On Wednesday, November 14, the crescent moon could be seen with difficulty in Africa, but can be easily seen in Americas. On Thursday, November 15, it would be easily seen almost in the … Read more