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 1444
Order | Hijri Months | Number of Days |
1 | Muharram 1444 | 29 |
2 | Safar 1444 | 30 |
3 | Rabī' al-Awwal 1444 | 29 |
4 | Rabī’ ath-Thānī 1444 | 30 |
5 | Jumada al-Awwal 1444 | 30 |
6 | Jumada ath-Thānī 1444 | 29 |
7 | Rajab 1444 | 29 |
8 | Shaban 1444 | 30 |
9 | Ramadan 1444 | 29 |
10 | Shawwal 1444 | 30 |
11 | Zul Qi'dah 1444 | 29 |
12 | Dhul-Hijjah 1444 | 30 |
Gregorian Months in the Current Year 2023
Order | Gregorian Months | Number of Days |
1 | January - January - Kanun ath-Thani 2023 | 31 |
2 | February - February - Shubat 2023 | 28 |
3 | March - March - Adar 2023 | 31 |
4 | April - April - Naysan 2023 | 30 |
5 | May - May - Ayyar 2023 | 31 |
6 | June - June - Haziran 2023 | 30 |
7 | July - July - Tammuz 2023 | 31 |
8 | August - August - Ab 2023 | 31 |
9 | September - September - Aylul 2023 | 30 |
10 | October - October - Tishrin al-Awwal 2023 | 31 |
11 | November - November - Tishrin ath-Thani 2023 | 30 |
12 | December - December - Kanun al-Awwal 2023 | 31 |