The Islamic Calender for 2007

The Islamic calendar (or Hijri calendar) is a lunar calendar. It contains 12 months that are based on the motion of the moon, and because 12 lunar months is 12 x 29.53=354.36 days, the Islamic calendar is consistently shorter (11 Days) than a solar year, and therefore it shifts with respect to the Gregorian calendar.
The Islamic calendar is the official calendar in countries around the Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia. But other Muslim countries use the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes and turn to the Islamic calendar for religious purposes.

Islamic Year 1428 H.



Islamic Month


Gregorian Dates



Muharram
January 20 - February 18, 2007



Safar
February 19 - March 19, 2007



Rabia Awal
March 20 - April 17, 2007



Rabia Thani
April 18 - May 17, 2007



Jumaada Awal
May 18 - June 15, 2007



Jumaada Thani
June 16 - July 14, 2007



Rajab
July 15 - August 13, 2007



Sha'ban
August 14 - September 12, 2007



Ramadan
September 13 - October 12, 2007



Shawwal
October 13 - November 10, 2007



Dhul-Qi'dah
November 11 - December 10, 2007



Dhul-Hijjah
December 11, 2007 - January 9, 2008











Important Dates:



Hijrah New Year (20 January 2007)



Ramadan begins (13 September 2007)



Eid Al-Fitr (13 October 2007)



Hajj begins (18 December 2007)



Eid Al-Adha (20 December 2007)



Islamic New Year 1429 H. (10 January 2008)








Note: Although calendars are printed for planning purposes, they are based on estimates of the visibility of the lunar crescent, and the Islamic month may actually start 1-2 days earlier or later than predicted.

[Quran - 9.36]

Surely the number of months with Allah is twelve months in Allah's ordinance since the day when He created the heavens and the earth..

[Quran - 31:29]

Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law), each running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do?

[Quran - 103: 1..3]

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),- Verily Man is in loss, - Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.