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The Islamic calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري‎) is a lunar calendar and it is used to determine islamic holidays in most of Islam. It has 12 months, and 354 or 355 days. This means that each year, the calendar is about 11 days shorter than a solar calendar, like the Gregorian. 

Islamic years are often called hijra years, because the first year of the calendar when the hijra occurred, that is when Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W) went from Mecca to Medina.

The current Islamic Calendar year is 1442 AH (AH = Anno Hegiræ = Hijri year).



To know about Islamic months names with translation and pronunciation in Arabic, please visit


Please note that If you're living in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, -1 hijri date of this calendar. For more please visit 



Islamic (Hijri) Calendar 1442 AH
Based on Global Crescent Moon Sighting

Covers years: 2020 - 2021 CE

Accompanied with fasting calendar and important dates of Islamic events.


Muharram 1442

August – September 2020

 

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S

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20

2
21

3
22

4
23

5
24

6
25

7
26

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27

9
28

10
29

11
30

12
31

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29
17





 

Safr 1442

September – October 2020

 

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18		 2
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3
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30
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Rabi' al-Awwal 1442

October - November 2020

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21
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11

 26
12		 27
13		 28
14		 29
15


Rabi' al-Thani 1442

November - December 2020

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17		 3
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30
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Jumadi al-Awwal 1442

December 2020 - January 2021

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16		 2
17		 3
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11

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29
13






Jumadi al-Thani 1442

January - February 2021

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1
14

2
15

3
16

4
17

5
18

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30

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31

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21
3

22
4

23
5

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6

25
7

26
8

27
9

28
10

 29
11		 30
12


Rajab 1442

February - March 2021

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13

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3
15

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17

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18

7
20

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28

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20
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26
10

27
11

28
12

29
13

 30
14


Sha'ban 1442

March - April 2021

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15		 2
16		 3
17		 4
18		 5
19		 6
20

7
21

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27

14
28

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29

16
30

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31

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19
2

20
3

21
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22
5

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6

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7

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8

26
9

27
10

28
11

29
12








Ramadan 1442

April - May 2021

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13

2
14

3
15

4
16

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17

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18

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22
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8

27
9

28
10

29
11

30
12



Shawwal 1442

May - June 2021

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13

2
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3
15

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10

30
11




Dhul-Qa'dah 1442

June - July 2021

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12

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3
14

4
15

5
216

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17

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5

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6

 26
7		 27
8		 28
9		 29
10


Dhul-Hijjah 1442

July - August 2021

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30
9





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11

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28

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29

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30

21
3

22
11

23
2

24
3

25
4

26
5

27
6

 28
7		 29
8


Solar Hijri Calendar

Two Islamic countries (Iran and Afghanistan) use a different calendar, the Solar Higri Calendar. By the way, the above Islamic (Hijri) Calendar are also use in these countries but the Solar Hijri calendar used as the Official Calendar.

The Solar Hijri calendar is only used in Iran and Afghanistan. It begins on the March equinox (Nowruz) at the Iranian standard meridian (52.5°E, UTC+03:30) and has years of 365 or 366 days. It is abbreviated as SH. It is also called the Solar Hejri calendar and (Persian: گاه‌شماری هجری خورشیدی‎, romanized: gāh-shomāri-ye hejri-ye khorshidi; Pashto: لمريز لېږدیز کلیز‎),

Each of the twelve months corresponds with a zodiac sign. The first six months have 31 days, the next five have 30 days, and the last month has 29 days in usual years but 30 days in leap years. The New Year's Day always falls on the March equinox.