Moonwise: Islamic Year 1424

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Islamic Year 1424
March 2003 - February 2004

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Islamic Calendar

This is the purest lunar calendar; it has no leap month, and so the year is always shorter than the solar year. Relative to the seasons, the dates happen earlier and earlier each year. Days begin at sunset, and the month begins with the new crescent moon. Traditionally this has been taken to mean an actual sighting of the moon. This has resulted in a not completely predictable interface with other calendars, and indeed in the month beginning on different days in different places, according to when the new moon is visible. From 1423 AH (2002 CE), the Saudi government instituted the rule that if following the 29th day of the month, the geocentric conjunction (Dark Moon) occurs before sunset and the moon sets after the sun, then the new month should begin at that sunset. The day following the 30th day is otherwise the first of the new month. This site uses this rule to calculate new moons for Mecca (Makkah). For background, see the site of the Jordanian Astronomical Society.

In Britain, different rules are used in different places, as noted by the Moon Research Centre (UK), with some relying on a report of a sighting of the crescent, and others using calculations. For this site, the month begins according to an algorithm similar to the Saudi one, but sunset is calculated for London and Glasgow, and the moon must set at least one minute after the sun. If you are using this method for other localities in Britain and Ireland, the southern edge of the later start of Muharram 1425 AH is Leicester, Stoke, Liverpool and Northern Ireland. Because there are different methods used, please be aware that dates may vary from dates shown on this page, but rarely if ever by more than one day.

Read more about the Islamic calendar at this Singapore calendars site. Dr Monzur Ahmed offers a free PC program, MoonCalc, for calculating a calendar based on local visibility of the crescent.

Days start on the evening before the Gregorian date given, and Friday is the holy day.

This is a calendar for London.
Other versions are available for Glasgow and Mecca.

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Muharram 1424 calculated for London
04 March - 02 April 2003

01	Tue	04 Mar	Muharram	16	Wed	19 Mar
02	Wed	05 Mar		17	Thu	20 Mar
03	Thu	06 Mar		18	Fri	21 Mar
04	Fri	07 Mar		19	Sat	22 Mar
05	Sat	08 Mar		20	Sun	23 Mar
06	Sun	09 Mar		21	Mon	24 Mar
07	Mon	10 Mar		22	Tue	25 Mar
08	Tue	11 Mar		23	Wed	26 Mar
09	Wed	12 Mar		24	Thu	27 Mar
10	Thu	13 Mar	Ashoura	25	Fri	28 Mar
11	Fri	14 Mar		26	Sat	29 Mar
12	Sat	15 Mar		27	Sun	30 Mar
13	Sun	16 Mar		28	Mon	31 Mar
14	Mon	17 Mar		29	Tue	01 Apr
15	Tue	18 Mar		30	Wed	02 Apr

Safar 1424 calculated for London
03 April - 01 May 2003

01	Thu	03 Apr	16	Fri	18 Apr
02	Fri	04 Apr	17	Sat	19 Apr
03	Sat	05 Apr	18	Sun	20 Apr
04	Sun	06 Apr	19	Mon	21 Apr
05	Mon	07 Apr	20	Tue	22 Apr
06	Tue	08 Apr	21	Wed	23 Apr
07	Wed	09 Apr	22	Thu	24 Apr
08	Thu	10 Apr	23	Fri	25 Apr
09	Fri	11 Apr	24	Sat	26 Apr
10	Sat	12 Apr	25	Sun	27 Apr
11	Sun	13 Apr	26	Mon	28 Apr
12	Mon	14 Apr	27	Tue	29 Apr
13	Tue	15 Apr	28	Wed	30 Apr
14	Wed	16 Apr	29	Thu	01 May
15	Thu	17 Apr

Rabi‘al-Awwal 1424 calculated for London
02 - 31 May 2003

01	Fri	02 May		16	Sat	17 May
02	Sat	03 May		17	Sun	18 May
03	Sun	04 May		18	Mon	19 May
04	Mon	05 May		19	Tue	20 May
05	Tue	06 May		20	Wed	21 May
06	Wed	07 May		21	Thu	22 May
07	Thu	08 May		22	Fri	23 May
08	Fri	09 May		23	Sat	24 May
09	Sat	10 May		24	Sun	25 May
10	Sun	11 May		25	Mon	26 May
11	Mon	12 May		26	Tue	27 May
12	Tue	13 May	Milad-an-Nabi	27	Wed	28 May
13	Wed	14 May		28	Thu	29 May
14	Thu	15 May		29	Fri	30 May
15	Fri	16 May		30	Sat	31 May

Rabi‘al-Akhir 1424 calculated for London
01 - 29 June 2003

01	Sun	01 Jun	16	Mon	16 Jun
02	Mon	02 Jun	17	Tue	17 Jun
03	Tue	03 Jun	18	Wed	18 Jun
04	Wed	04 Jun	19	Thu	19 Jun
05	Thu	05 Jun	20	Fri	20 Jun
06	Fri	06 Jun	21	Sat	21 Jun
07	Sat	07 Jun	22	Sun	22 Jun
08	Sun	08 Jun	23	Mon	23 Jun
09	Mon	09 Jun	24	Tue	24 Jun
10	Tue	10 Jun	25	Wed	25 Jun
11	Wed	11 Jun	26	Thu	26 Jun
12	Thu	12 Jun	27	Fri	27 Jun
13	Fri	13 Jun	28	Sat	28 Jun
14	Sat	14 Jun	29	Sun	29 Jun
15	Sun	15 Jun

Jumada’al-Ula 1424 calculated for London
30 June - 29 July 2003

01	Mon	30 Jun	16	Tue	15 Jul
02	Tue	01 Jul	17	Wed	16 Jul
03	Wed	02 Jul	18	Thu	17 Jul
04	Thu	03 Jul	19	Fri	18 Jul
05	Fri	04 Jul	20	Sat	19 Jul
06	Sat	05 Jul	21	Sun	20 Jul
07	Sun	06 Jul	22	Mon	21 Jul
08	Mon	07 Jul	23	Tue	22 Jul
09	Tue	08 Jul	24	Wed	23 Jul
10	Wed	09 Jul	25	Thu	24 Jul
11	Thu	10 Jul	26	Fri	25 Jul
12	Fri	11 Jul	27	Sat	26 Jul
13	Sat	12 Jul	28	Sun	27 Jul
14	Sun	13 Jul	29	Mon	28 Jul
15	Mon	14 Jul	30	Tue	29 Jul

Jumada’al-Akhirah 1424 calculated for London
30 July - 27 August 2003

01	Wed	30 Jul	16	Thu	14 Aug
02	Thu	31 Jul	17	Fri	15 Aug
03	Fri	01 Aug	18	Sat	16 Aug
04	Sat	02 Aug	19	Sun	17 Aug
05	Sun	03 Aug	20	Mon	18 Aug
06	Mon	04 Aug	21	Tue	19 Aug
07	Tue	05 Aug	22	Wed	20 Aug
08	Wed	06 Aug	23	Thu	21 Aug
09	Thu	07 Aug	24	Fri	22 Aug
10	Fri	08 Aug	25	Sat	23 Aug
11	Sat	09 Aug	26	Sun	24 Aug
12	Sun	10 Aug	27	Mon	25 Aug
13	Mon	11 Aug	28	Tue	26 Aug
14	Tue	12 Aug	29	Wed	27 Aug
15	Wed	13 Aug

Rajab 1424 calculated for London
28 August - 26 September 2003

01	Thu	28 Aug	16	Fri	12 Sep
02	Fri	29 Aug	17	Sat	13 Sep
03	Sat	30 Aug	18	Sun	14 Sep
04	Sun	31 Aug	19	Mon	15 Sep
05	Mon	01 Sep	20	Tue	16 Sep
06	Tue	02 Sep	21	Wed	17 Sep
07	Wed	03 Sep	22	Thu	18 Sep
08	Thu	04 Sep	23	Fri	19 Sep
09	Fri	05 Sep	24	Sat	20 Sep
10	Sat	06 Sep	25	Sun	21 Sep
11	Sun	07 Sep	26	Mon	22 Sep	Shab-I-Miraj
12	Mon	08 Sep	27	Tue	23 Sep
13	Tue	09 Sep	28	Wed	24 Sep
14	Wed	10 Sep	29	Thu	25 Sep
15	Thu	11 Sep	30	Fri	26 Sep

Sha’baan 1424 calculated for London
27 September - 25 October 2003

01	Sat	27 Sep		16	Sun	12 Oct
02	Sun	28 Sep		17	Mon	13 Oct
03	Mon	29 Sep		18	Tue	14 Oct
04	Tue	30 Sep		19	Wed	15 Oct
05	Wed	01 Oct		20	Thu	16 Oct
06	Thu	02 Oct		21	Fri	17 Oct
07	Fri	03 Oct		22	Sat	18 Oct
08	Sat	04 Oct		23	Sun	19 Oct
09	Sun	05 Oct		24	Mon	20 Oct
10	Mon	06 Oct		25	Tue	21 Oct
11	Tue	07 Oct		26	Wed	22 Oct
12	Wed	08 Oct		27	Thu	23 Oct
13	Thu	09 Oct		28	Fri	24 Oct
14	Fri	10 Oct	Shab-I-Barat	29	Sat	25 Oct
15	Sat	11 Oct

Ramadan 1424 calculated for London
26 October - 24 November 2003

01	Sun	26 Oct	start of Ramadan	16	Mon	10 Nov
02	Mon	27 Oct		17	Tue	11 Nov
03	Tue	28 Oct		18	Wed	12 Nov
04	Wed	29 Oct		19	Thu	13 Nov
05	Thu	30 Oct		20	Fri	14 Nov
06	Fri	31 Oct		21	Sat	15 Nov
07	Sat	01 Nov		22	Sun	16 Nov
08	Sun	02 Nov		23	Mon	17 Nov
09	Mon	03 Nov		24	Tue	18 Nov
10	Tue	04 Nov		25	Wed	19 Nov
11	Wed	05 Nov		26	Thu	20 Nov
12	Thu	06 Nov		27	Fri	21 Nov	Jumat-ul-Wida, Lailatul Qadr
13	Fri	07 Nov		28	Sat	22 Nov
14	Sat	08 Nov		29	Sun	23 Nov
15	Sun	09 Nov		30	Mon	24 Nov

Shawwal 1424 calculated for London
25 November - 24 December 2003

01	Tue	25 Nov	Eid al-Fitr	16	Wed	10 Dec
02	Wed	26 Nov		17	Thu	11 Dec
03	Thu	27 Nov		18	Fri	12 Dec
04	Fri	28 Nov		19	Sat	13 Dec
05	Sat	29 Nov		20	Sun	14 Dec
06	Sun	30 Nov		21	Mon	15 Dec
07	Mon	01 Dec		22	Tue	16 Dec
08	Tue	02 Dec		23	Wed	17 Dec
09	Wed	03 Dec		24	Thu	18 Dec
10	Thu	04 Dec		25	Fri	19 Dec
11	Fri	05 Dec		26	Sat	20 Dec
12	Sat	06 Dec		27	Sun	21 Dec
13	Sun	07 Dec		28	Mon	22 Dec
14	Mon	08 Dec		29	Tue	23 Dec
15	Tue	09 Dec		30	Wed	24 Dec

Dhul-Qi’dah 1424 calculated for London
25 December 2003 - 22 January 2004

01	Thu	25 Dec	16	Fri	09 Jan
02	Fri	26 Dec	17	Sat	10 Jan
03	Sat	27 Dec	18	Sun	11 Jan
04	Sun	28 Dec	19	Mon	12 Jan
05	Mon	29 Dec	20	Tue	13 Jan
06	Tue	30 Dec	21	Wed	14 Jan
07	Wed	31 Dec	22	Thu	15 Jan
08	Thu	01 Jan	23	Fri	16 Jan
09	Fri	02 Jan	24	Sat	17 Jan
10	Sat	03 Jan	25	Sun	18 Jan
11	Sun	04 Jan	26	Mon	19 Jan
12	Mon	05 Jan	27	Tue	20 Jan
13	Tue	06 Jan	28	Wed	21 Jan
14	Wed	07 Jan	29	Thu	22 Jan
15	Thu	08 Jan

Dhul-Hijjah 1424 calculated for London
23 January - 20 February 2004

01	Fri	23 Jan		16	Sat	07 Feb
02	Sat	24 Jan		17	Sun	08 Feb
03	Sun	25 Jan		18	Mon	09 Feb
04	Mon	26 Jan		19	Tue	10 Feb
05	Tue	27 Jan		20	Wed	11 Feb
06	Wed	28 Jan		21	Thu	12 Feb
07	Thu	29 Jan		22	Fri	13 Feb
08	Fri	30 Jan	start of Hajj	23	Sat	14 Feb
09	Sat	31 Jan		24	Sun	15 Feb
10	Sun	01 Feb	Eid al-Adha	25	Mon	16 Feb
11	Mon	02 Feb		26	Tue	17 Feb
12	Tue	03 Feb		27	Wed	18 Feb
13	Wed	04 Feb		28	Thu	19 Feb
14	Thu	05 Feb		29	Fri	20 Feb
15	Fri	06 Feb

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updated Dhul-Qi’dah 1424 / January 2004