Here's everything you need to know about the dates for Hajj this year—the holy pilgrimage Muslims perform every year, to ...

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While the Gregorian calendar is the most widely used ... also follows solar rhythms. The Islamic, or Hijri, calendar also begins with the Hijra. Based on lunar cycles, its 12 months contain ...

Eid-al-Fitr is a celebration of brotherhood and selflessness after the month-long mandatory fasting. Believers all over the ...

Victor Valley's Muslim community will mark the end of Ramadan feast-style. Discover the meaning of the religious observance ...

There is never a definitive date for Eid every year. Has Saudi Arabia confirmed it for 2025? How the date is determined, more ...

Dubai government has announced the Eid al-Fitr holidays for 1446 Hijri. Shutterstock Dubai: The Dubai Government Human Resources Department (DGHR) has issued a circular announcing Eid al-Fitr ...

Islamic holidays use the Hijri calendar which 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 predominantly by ...

Because some of the older religious traditions are determined by non-Gregorian calendars, many of them lunar-based, their dates don’t always line up with an equinox-oriented view of spring.

This is due to the fact that the Islamic Hijri calendar is based on lunar cycles, while the Gregorian calendar marks the Earth’s passage around the sun. The disparity between the two calendars ...