muhammadan calendar

1. 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 (synset 115203888)
   is a type of: lunar calendar - a calendar based on lunar cycles
   has:

   • islamic calendar month - any lunar month in the Muslim calendar
   • moharram, muharram, muharrum - the first month of the Islamic calendar
   • safar, saphar - the second month of the Islamic calendar
   • rabi i - the third month of the Islamic calendar
   • rabi ii - the fourth month of the Islamic calendar
   • jomada i, jumada i - the fifth month of the Islamic calendar
   • jomada ii, jumada ii - the sixth month of the Islamic calendar
   • rajab - the seventh month of the Islamic calendar
   • sha'ban, shaaban - the eighth month of the Islamic calendar
   • ramadan - the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith
   • shawwal - the tenth month of the Islamic calendar
   • dhu al-qadah, dhu'l-qa'dah - the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar
   • dhu al-hijja, dhu al-hijjah, dhu'l-hijja, dhu'l-hijjah - the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years
   same as: islamic calendar, mohammedan calendar, moslem calendar, muslim calendar

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