Moonwise: Islamic Year 1426

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Islamic Year 1426
February 2005 - January 2006

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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 1426 calculated for Glasgow
10 February - 10 March 2005

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

Safar 1426 calculated for Glasgow
11 March - 09 April 2005

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

Rabi‘al-Awwal 1426 calculated for Glasgow
10 April - 08 May 2005

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

Rabi‘al-Akhir 1426 calculated for Glasgow
09 May - 07 June 2005

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

Jumada’al-Ula 1426 calculated for Glasgow
08 June - 06 July 2005

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

Jumada’al-Akhirah 1426 calculated for Glasgow
07 July - 05 August 2005

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

Rajab 1426 calculated for Glasgow
06 August - 03 September 2005

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

Sha’baan 1426 calculated for Glasgow
04 September - 03 October 2005

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

Ramadan 1426 calculated for Glasgow
04 October - 02 November 2005

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

Shawwal 1426 calculated for Glasgow
03 November - 02 December 2005

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

Dhul-Qi’dah 1426 calculated for Glasgow
03 December 2005 - 01 January 2006

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

Dhul-Hijjah 1426 calculated for Glasgow
02 - 30 January 2006

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

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updated Muharram 1426 / February 2005