Arabic and Gregorian Months

What are Hijri months (Arabic months) in order?
Some of us don't know Hijri month names or at least don't know their order. Do you know that Ramadan is the month number 9 in Hijri calendar? Hijri months don't run in a constant order with Gregorian months because the Hijri year is shorter than the Gregorian year.
Even, the Hijri months are not constant in length; the same month may be of a different number of days from year to year. But all Arabic months are either 29 or 30 days. In contrast, the gregorian months consist of a fixed number of days either 30 days or 31 days, except February which is 28 days and every fourth year becomes 29 days in the leap year.
As follows, we display Hijri and Gregorian months in order for comparison
Order | Hijri Months | Gregorian Months | Gregorian Months (in Arabic) |
1 | Muharram | January | Kanun ath-Thani |
2 | Safar | February | Shubat |
3 | Rabī' al-Awwal | March | Adar |
4 | Rabī’ ath-Thānī | April | Naysan |
5 | Jumada al-Awwal | May | Ayyar |
6 | Jumada ath-Thānī | June | Haziran |
7 | Rajab | July | Tammuz |
8 | Shaban | August | Ab |
9 | Ramadan | September | Aylul |
10 | Shawwal | October | Tishrin al-Awwal |
11 | Zul Qi'dah | November | Tishrin ath-Thani |
12 | Dhul-Hijjah | December | Kanun al-Awwal |
Both of the Gregorian Calendar and the Arabic Calendar consist of 12 months as follows
- Muharram - January - Kanun ath-Thani
- Safar - February - Shubat
- Rabī' al-Awwal - March - Adar
- Rabī’ ath-Thānī - April - Naysan
- Jumada al-Awwal - May - Ayyar
- Jumada ath-Thānī - June - Haziran
- Rajab - July - Tammuz
- Shaban - August - Ab
- Ramadan - September - Aylul
- Shawwal - October - Tishrin al-Awwal
- Zul Qi'dah - November - Tishrin ath-Thani
- Dhul-Hijjah - December - Kanun al-Awwal
Arabic Months in the Current Year 1443
Order | Hijri Months | Number of Days |
1 | Muharram 1443 | 30 |
2 | Safar 1443 | 29 |
3 | Rabī' al-Awwal 1443 | 30 |
4 | Rabī’ ath-Thānī 1443 | 29 |
5 | Jumada al-Awwal 1443 | 30 |
6 | Jumada ath-Thānī 1443 | 29 |
7 | Rajab 1443 | 30 |
8 | Shaban 1443 | 29 |
9 | Ramadan 1443 | 30 |
10 | Shawwal 1443 | 29 |
11 | Zul Qi'dah 1443 | 30 |
12 | Dhul-Hijjah 1443 | 30 |
Gregorian Months in the Current Year 2022
Order | Gregorian Months | Number of Days |
1 | January - January - Kanun ath-Thani 2022 | 31 |
2 | February - February - Shubat 2022 | 28 |
3 | March - March - Adar 2022 | 31 |
4 | April - April - Naysan 2022 | 30 |
5 | May - May - Ayyar 2022 | 31 |
6 | June - June - Haziran 2022 | 30 |
7 | July - July - Tammuz 2022 | 31 |
8 | August - August - Ab 2022 | 31 |
9 | September - September - Aylul 2022 | 30 |
10 | October - October - Tishrin al-Awwal 2022 | 31 |
11 | November - November - Tishrin ath-Thani 2022 | 30 |
12 | December - December - Kanun al-Awwal 2022 | 31 |