Islamic Year Names. Waging war during four of these months is forbidden as they are considered sacred. Fri aug 7 1891.
Islamic months begin at sunset on the first day the day when the lunar crescent is visually sighted. Sun nov 12 1882. The islamic new year starts off with muharram followed by safar rabi al awwal rabi al thani jumada al awwal jumada al thani rajab shaban ramadan shawwal dhul qadah and dhul hijja.
For that reason the islamic calendar cannot be used for agriculture or other activities traditionally linked to the seasons and most muslim countries officially use the gregorian calendar as their civil calendar alongside the hijri system.
An islamic year consistently falls about 11 days short of the solar year. Sat 3 4 dec 1880. Unique islamic names for newborn muslim baby boy with meaning. Islamic gregorian date of 1 muharram tabular schemes observed 1298 ah.