coloring with islam
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
The month of Rajab in the islamic calendar year 1442 AH has started. In the evening of Friday, 12 Feb 2021 CE, many photos of the crescent moon (hilal) of 1 Rajab 1442 AH have been taken. The naked-eye visible crescent moon was sighted from Morocco. Earlier, from eastern Muslim countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran, … Read more
Just a quick announcement. The PDFs of the islamic calendar for the year 2012 are available at Alhabib’s main site. They are available for both Ummul Qura and Global islamic calendars. Both of them actually have the same corresponding dates in Christian Era calendar for 2012. The year 2012 will have dates from year 1433 … Read more
Another islamic calendar widget is released which displays the current phase of the moon. It can also be called an astronomy widget, since more detailed information about the moon are also given. Those that are inclined to astronomy or astrophotography might find such useful information as the age of the moon, the dates and times … Read more
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
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