The United Arab Emirates Council for Fatwa has called for crescent moon sightings by UAE residents ahead of Eid Al Fitr on ...

The Dubai Government Human Resources Department (DGHR) issued a circular announcing Eid al-Fitr holidays for 1446 Hijri, ...

Islamic New Year 2025: The Islamic New Year, known as Hijri New Year, marks the beginning of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is celebrated on the first day of Muharram. This important date ...

The exact duration of Ramadan is dependent on official moon sightings which happen at the end of the month. In the Islamic Hijri calendar, months are either 29 or 30 days long with the exact duration ...

Also known as the Hijri calendar, the Islamic calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, unlike the more widely used Gregorian calendar, which is based on the sun. The lunar calendar is used ...

Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain launched Pakistan's first official moon sighting website and Hijri calendar in Lahore on Sunday( today). Speaking on the occasion, he said an ...

The end of Ramadan is celebrated as Eid al-Fitr. Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, is observed annually during the ninth month of the Hijri or Islamic lunar calendar. The month begins ...

For Muslims, the Islamic calendar, also called the Hijri calendar, holds religious significance and was the main calendar of day-to-day life until the process of westernisation across the Islamic ...

The holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed in Bangladesh on February 14. Accordingly, depending on the moon sighting, the month of Ramadan in the year 1446 Hijri will begin on either March 1 or 2. However ...

Well, the first day of Ramadan which fell on Saturday, March 1, in most of the Islamic world, marked an unlikely coincidence this year: Both the lunar (Hijri) and Gregorian months began on the ...