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 1446

Order	Hijri Months	Number of Days
1	Muharram 1446	29
2	Safar 1446	30
3	Rabī' al-Awwal 1446	30
4	Rabī’ ath-Thānī 1446	30
5	Jumada al-Awwal 1446	29
6	Jumada ath-Thānī 1446	30
7	Rajab 1446	30
8	Shaban 1446	29
9	Ramadan 1446	29
10	Shawwal 1446	30
11	Zul Qi'dah 1446	29
12	Dhul-Hijjah 1446	29

Gregorian Months in the Current Year 2025

Order	Gregorian Months	Number of Days
1	January - January - Kanun ath-Thani 2025	31
2	February - February - Shubat 2025	28
3	March - March - Adar 2025	31
4	April - April - Naysan 2025	30
5	May - May - Ayyar 2025	31
6	June - June - Haziran 2025	30
7	July - July - Tammuz 2025	31
8	August - August - Ab 2025	31
9	September - September - Aylul 2025	30
10	October - October - Tishrin al-Awwal 2025	31
11	November - November - Tishrin ath-Thani 2025	30
12	December - December - Kanun al-Awwal 2025	31