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Arabic and Gregorian Months

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

  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

Arabic Months in the Current Year 1445

Order Hijri Months Number of Days
1 Muharram 1445 29
2 Safar 1445 30
3 Rabī' al-Awwal 1445 30
4 Rabī’ ath-Thānī 1445 30
5 Jumada al-Awwal 1445 29
6 Jumada ath-Thānī 1445 30
7 Rajab 1445 29
8 Shaban 1445 29
9 Ramadan 1445 30
10 Shawwal 1445 29
11 Zul Qi'dah 1445 29
12 Dhul-Hijjah 1445 30

Gregorian Months in the Current Year 2024

Order Gregorian Months Number of Days
1 January - January - Kanun ath-Thani 2024 31
2 February - February - Shubat 2024 29
3 March - March - Adar 2024 31
4 April - April - Naysan 2024 30
5 May - May - Ayyar 2024 31
6 June - June - Haziran 2024 30
7 July - July - Tammuz 2024 31
8 August - August - Ab 2024 31
9 September - September - Aylul 2024 30
10 October - October - Tishrin al-Awwal 2024 31
11 November - November - Tishrin ath-Thani 2024 30
12 December - December - Kanun al-Awwal 2024 31
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