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Time is not a reality [ hupostasis ], but a concept [ noêma ] or a measure [ metron ]…. Antiphon the Sophist (480BC-411BC). Islamic (Hijra) Calendar. Calendars. calendars are a system of measuring time based either on lunar cycles http://timbeauchamp.tripod.com/moon/mooninfo.htm OR
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Time is not a reality [hupostasis], but a concept [noêma] or a measure [metron]… Antiphon the Sophist (480BC-411BC)
Calendars calendars are a system of measuring time based either on lunar cycles http://timbeauchamp.tripod.com/moon/mooninfo.htm OR the Earth's orbit around the Sun http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/uwsp_lectures/lecture_earth_sun_relations.html
The Islamic calendar is a religious calendar calculated using the cycle of the phases of the Moon http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/img/phases.gif
An Islamic month the length of each month lasts from the sighting of one crescent moon to the sighting of the next crescent moon http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/projects/3308686.html
An Islamic month http://www.hijracalendar.com/HijraCalendar1428.xls
مُحَرَّم Muharram The Sacred Monthصَفَر Safar The Void Monthرَبِيع الأوَّل Rabi al-Awwal The First Month of Springرَبِيع الثَّاني Rabi ath-Thani The Second Month of Springجَمَاد الأوَّل Jumad al-Ula The First Dry Monthجَمَاد الثَّاني Jumad ath-Thani The Second Dry Month رَجَبRajab The Honoured Monthشَعْبَان Sha'ban The Month of Separationرَمَضَان Ramadan The Month of Intense Heatشَوَّال Shawwal The Hunting Monthذُو الْقِعْدَة Dhul Qa'dah The Resting Monthذُو الْحِجَّة Dhul Hijjah The Month of Pilgrimage The Islamic Months http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/kids/islam/months.html
an Islamic day begins at sunset and ends the following sunset http://www.zain.madressa.net/Wallpaper%20Sunset%20Screen%20size%201024x768.JPG
Islamic Days of the Week الأحَد Al-Ahad - Day One (Sunday)الإثْنَيْن Al-‘Ithnayn - Day Two (Monday)الثُّلاثَاءAth-Thulatha - Day Three (Tuesday)الأرْبِعَاءAl-'Arba'aa - Day Four (Wednesday)الْخَمِيسAl-Khamees - Day Five (Thursday) الْجُمْعَة Al-Jum'ah - Day of Gathering (Friday) السَّبْت As-Sabt – Day of Rest (Saturday) http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/kids/islam/days.html
What year is it now? The use of an “H” following an Islamic year number signifies that the dating system begins from the Hijra i.e. the migration of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. According to the Islamic calendar this year (2007) is 1428 H.
Some important dates in the Islamic calendar • 1 Muharram (Islamic New Year) • 1 Ramadan (first day of fasting) • Last third of Ramadan which includes Laylat al-Qadr • 1 Shawwal (Eid-Ul-Fitr) • 8-10 Dhul Hijjah (the Hajj to Mecca) • 10 Dhul Hijjah (Eid-Ul-Adha)
And their corresponding dates in the Gregorian calendar (this year)…
Some interesting trivia… every 32.5 years, the Islamic year retrogresses through the entire seasonal year therefore in 1495 H (2072- 2073 CE) these dates should fall on approximately the same dates as they have this year
Some more interesting trivia… An Islamic year will be entirely within a Gregorian year of the same number in the year 20874 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_calendar
Some more interesting trivia… once every 33 or 34 Islamic years (32 or 33 Gregorian years) the Islamic calendar year occurs entirely within the Gregorian calendar year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_calendar