The Islamic calendar, also called the Hijiri calendar, is a dating system used by Muslims for religious purposes. It’s a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days.

A Muslim prays after Maghrib (evening) prayer on the night of the Hijri New Year, also known as Islamic new year (Ras al-Sanah al-Hijriya) at Al Azhar mosque in old Cairo November 14, 2012.

For the first time in Dubai, the Islamic affairs department will be launching an electronic Hijri calendar and it will be available to all on Thursday, August 20, the first day of year 1442.

The Umm al-Qura Calendar, used in Saudi Arabia, has been reformed several times. The current scheme was introduced in March 2002, the Islamic year 1423 AH.

Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, began for most Muslim communities at sundown on Sunday, March 10 in the U.S. It's expected to end with Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday, April 9. Here is what you need to ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23: An attempt by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) to introduce a universal Islamic or Hijra calendar failed as most of the Islamic centres and mosques in America and ...

Muslim clerics from across the world agreed a unified Islamic calendar on Monday to determine religious days and festivals. Representatives from around 50 countries including Turkey, Malaysia ...

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA: As the Convener of the International Islamic Calendar Programme since 1974, I would like to congratulate the Honourable Minister of Science and Technology for his efforts in ...

I FULLY endorse the implementation of an Islamic calendar across Pakistan. There are many changes in Islamic laws which were altered through an ijma according to the environment. For instance ...