Moonwise: Islamic Year 1425

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Islamic Year 1425
February 2004 - February 2005

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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 Glasgow.
Other versions are available for London and Mecca.

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Muharram 1425 calculated for Glasgow
22 February - 21 March 2004

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

Safar 1425 calculated for Glasgow
22 March - 19 April 2004

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

Rabi‘al-Awwal 1425 calculated for Glasgow
20 April - 19 May 2004

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

Rabi‘al-Akhir 1425 calculated for Glasgow
20 May - 17 June 2004

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

Jumada’al-Ula 1425 calculated for Glasgow
18 June - 17 July 2004

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

Jumada’al-Akhirah 1425 calculated for Glasgow
18 July - 16 August 2004

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

Rajab 1425 calculated for Glasgow
17 August - 14 September 2004

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

Sha’baan 1425 calculated for Glasgow
15 September - 14 October 2004

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

Ramadan 1425 calculated for Glasgow
15 October - 13 November 2004

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

Shawwal 1425 calculated for Glasgow
14 November - 13 December 2004

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

Dhul-Qi’dah 1425 calculated for Glasgow
14 December 2004 - 11 January 2005

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

Dhul-Hijjah 1425 calculated for Glasgow
12 January - 09 February 2005

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

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updated Dhul-Qi’dah 1424 / January 2004