Mo·ham·med·an cal·en·dar. The Muslim calendar, a lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira (hejira), 622 a. d. Thirty of its years constitute a cycle, of which the 2d, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th are leap years, having 355 days; the others are common, having 354 days.
Note: By the following tables any Mohammedan date may be changed into the Christian date, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.
Months of the Mohammedan year.
1Muharram . . . .. 30
2Safar . . . . . . .. 29
3Rabia I . . . . . . 30
4Rabia II . . . .. 29
5Jumada I . . . .. 30
6Jumada II . . . . 29
7Rajab . . . . . . .. 30
8Shaban . . . . . . . 29
9Ramadan . . . . . . 30
10Shawwal . . . . . . 29
11Zu'lkadah . . . . 30
12Zu'lhijjah . . . 29*
* in leap year, 30 days
a. h. a. d. a. h. a. d.
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1317 begins May 12, 1899 1336* begins Oct.17, 1917
1318 May 1, 1900 1337 Oct. 7, 1918
1319* Apr.20, 1901 1338* Sept.26,1919
1320 Apr.10, 1902 1339 Sept.15,1920
1321+ Mar.30, 1903 1340 Sept.4, 1921
1322* Mar.18, 1904 1341* Aug.24, 1922
1323 Mar. 8, 1905 1342 Aug.14, 1923
1324 Feb.25, 1906 1343 Aug. 2, 1924
1325* Feb.14, 1907 1344* July 22,1925
1326 Feb. 4, 1908 1345 July 12,1926
1327* Jan.23, 1909 1346* July 1, 1927
1328 Jan.13, 1910 1347 June 20,1928
1329 Jan. 2, 1911 1348 June 9, 1929
1330* Dec.22, 1911 1349* May 29, 1930
1331 Dec.11, 1912 1350 May 19, 1931
1332 Nov.30, 1913 1351++ May 7, 1932
1333* Nov.19, 1914 1352* Apr.26, 1933
1334 Nov. 9, 1915 1353 Apr.16, 1934
1335 Oct.28, 1916 1354 Apr. 5, 1935
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* Leap year + First year of the 45th cycle
++ First year of the 46th cycle
Mohammedan calendar
n : the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the
year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year
retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle
every 32 years [syn: Islamic calendar, Muhammadan
calendar, Moslem calendar, Muslim calendar]