Islamic Calendar 2020
It provides you the lunar timetable of the Islamic month. The Islamic months commences after the sighting of the moon. The Hijri Calendar 1442 is the one commences from the Holy month of Muharram and ends on the month of Zul-Hajj. The Calendar is observed and followed by Muslims worldwide. They observe all the religious festivals, like Ramadan, Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Adha, Rabi ul Awal, and Muharram ul Haraam by following the Hijri Calendar 2020. It is also used to mark major dates to celebrate the Islamic Holidays.
The Islamic calendar 2020 Hijri year 1442 started on 20 August 2020 and ends on 9 August 2021 approximately. Hijri Calendar called التقويم الهجري (at-taqwīm al-hijrī) in Arabic almost all Muslim countries follow the Hijri calendar and its basically lunar calendar depends on moons rise and set. The majority of Muslims around the world living in Pakistan, India, UAE, Iraq, Syria, Indonesia, and others will follow this calendar but according to their moon slightings. Islamic events also consist also based on this calendar including the largest religious events Ramazan, eid ul Adha, eid ul Fitr, and hajj also happen accordingly.
Hijri Calendar 2020 is the lunar calendar comprising of 12 months of a year, almost 11 days shorter than the solar calendar. The Hijri calendar was initially introduced by Holy Prophet 
and Umar ibn Al-Khattab, Second Caliph of Islam in 638 A.D. Hijri Calendar Ramadan is used to marking the date of 1st Ramadan. Along with Ramadan ul Mubarak, Eid ul Fitr is also celebrated after sighting the moon of Shawal. Along with that 12th Rabi ul Awwal, marks the birth and death anniversary of the Holy Prophet . The 9th and 10th Muharram marks the Youm-e-Ashura which is also sacred. The final dates of these events are announced on Hijri Calendar 2020.
The Islamic calendar or Hijri calendar consists of 12 months. However, in different countries, there is a slight difference in the spelling and pronunciation. Below, you can check different spellings and pronunciations of all 12 Islamic months.
1) Muharram is the most common spelling and the other one is Moharram. It is spelled as Muharrem Ayı Kutlamaları ve Aşure Günü in the Turkish language.
2) The full name of Safar is Safar Ul Muzaffar. It is also known as Safar Ul Khayr in different countries.
3) The common spelling of Rabi Ul Awal is Rabi Al Awwal. In Modern Turkish, it is called Rebiülevvel.
4) Rabi Al Akhir is also spelled as Rabi Al Akhar. However, in different countries, it is spelled as Rabi Al Thani. Rebiülahir or Rebiülsani are used in Turkey.
5) Jumada Al Awwal is the most common spelling. However, it is also spelled as Jumada Al Ula. In Turkish, it is spelled as Cemaziyelevvel.
6) In several countries, Jumada Al Akhirah is commonly used. Other common spellings are Jumadal Ukhra, Jumada Al Thani. Cemaziyelahir and Cemaziyelsani are the Turkish spellings.
7) Rajab is also known as Rajab Al Morrajjab and Rajab Al Asab in different countries.
8) Shaban is also pronounced as Sha'ban. Šaʿbān is spoken in Some Arab countries whereas Şaban is common in the Turkish language.
9) Ramadan is the common pronunciation. The month is also spelled as Ramazan or Ramadhan. In South Asian countries it is usually spelled as Ramzan.
10) The spelling Shawwal is used in different countries. However, Šawwāl is used in a few destinations.
11) The popular spellings of Dhul-Qadah are Zu al-Qa'dah and Dhu al-Qi'dah. In Turkey, it is spelled as Zilkade. Zeeqad and Zilqad are popular in Pakistan.
12) Dhul Hijjah is usually spelled as Dhu al-Hijjah or Zu al-Hijjah. In the South Asian countries, the common spelling is Zilhaj, Zil Hajj. However, the Turkish spelling is Zilhicce.
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The Hijri calendar has a great significance in Gulf countries and especially in Saudi Arabia. However, it is utilized as the official calendar in these countries. However, other Muslim countries usually go with a Gregorian calendar for civil purposes but they use the Islamic calendar for religious purposes. On the other side, moon sighting plays a key role in the determination of Hijri calendar dates. However, the actual visibility of a new crescent is hardly to predict as it depends on different factors such as the location of the observer, the atmosphere’s optical properties, weather, etc. It is a reason that Muslims depend on local and regional authorities to conduct the process of moon sighting as per the principles of sharia.
The month of Islamic calendar 2020 or Hijri calendar begin and ends are subject to the appearance of the moon. Hijri calendar 2020 starts from the month of Muharram and ends on Zul-Hajj. The most prestigious Holy months of the Islamic Hijri Calendar are Ramadan Kareem, Rabi ul Awwal, and Zul - Hajj 2020. Ramadan is the month of fasting which is followed by Eid ul Fitr on 1st of Shawwal. The announcement of Eid ul Fitr is subject to citation of the moon and therefore Eid dates in the calendar are tentatively mentioned in advance. Prophet SAW was born on 12th Rabi ul Awwal; therefore it has its own significance. This Calendar gives you Islamic months date used by Muslim countries around the world. Prophet Muhammad and the Second Caliph, Umar Ibn Al-Khattab first introduced this Islamic Calendar in 638 A.D. It is mostly used in Muslim countries for Islamic holidays and several religious events.
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