Hijri Calendar Islamic New Year 1442

Aug 20 2020 rabat moroccans and many muslims around the world are set to celebrate the first day of the new year of the islamic calendar also known as the hijri calendar on friday august 21.

Hijri calendar islamic new year 1442.

The hijri new year 1442 began on thursday august 20 with calendars across the world reading muharram 1 the first month of the islamic calendar. Start of muharram sacred month 1 muharram 1442 ah. 1442 hijri new year. It muharram is the first month of the islamic calendar.

5 21am on aug 21. The first day of islamic new year 2020 which is also called arabic new year 1442 or hijri new year 1442 or islamic new hijri year 1442 is observed on the first day of muharram 2020. Public and private sector employees will observe a. The new islamic hijri year 1442 starts with the holy month of muharram.

Below we provide the history of how islamic calendar came into existence. Tracing the roots of the islamic calendar by lukgaf m.