Umm Al Qura Calendar

But this hijri calendar is used and referenced by many more muslim countries.

Umm al qura calendar. Note that the calendar dates for the months of muḥarram ramaḍān shawwāl and dhu ʾl ḥijja are often adjusted. Ummul qura calendar is a civil islamic calendrical system used in saudi arabia. The following western islamic calendar converter is based on the umm al qura calendar and is valid from 1356 ah 14 march 1937 ce to 1500 ah 16 november 2077 ce. Sehri time today iftar time today in jami at umm al qura.

Since ah 1419 1998 99 several official hilal sighting committees have been set up by the government to determine the first visual sighting of the lunar crescent at the beginning of each lunar month. The following table lists the gregorian calendar dates of the principal islamic days of observance according to the umm al qura calendar. For several decades saudi arabia has employed a calculated lunar calendar which is commonly referred to as the umm al qura calendar. Outside this interval the converter will give erroneous results.

Saudi arabia s umm al qura calendar saudi arabia uses the sighting method to determine the beginning of each month of the hijri calendar. 1441 1442 ah. Mawlid al nabī the begin and the end of the month of fasting ramaḍān and the date of the feast of sacrifice ʿīd al aḍḥā during the annual pilgrimage ḥajj. Islamic hijri calendar year 2020 m based on ummul qura system saudi arabia.

In the past there had been controversies regarding this calendar.