Hijri calendar (Islamic Date)

TheIslamic,MuslimorHijricalendarisalunarcalendarconsistingof12monthsinayearof354or355days.TheHijriyearoreraistheerausedintheIslamiclunarcalendar,whichbeginsitscountfromtheIslamicNewYearin622AD.Duringthatyear,MuhammadandhisfollowersmigratedfromMeccatoYathrib(nowMedina).Thisevent,knownastheHijra,iscommemoratedinIslamforitsroleinthefoundingofthefirstMuslimcommunity(ummah).EachmonthoftheIslamiccalendarcommencesonthebirthofthenewlunarcycle.

TheappletyouviewHijriandGregoriandatesimultaneouslyondifferentscreens.YoucanswapbetweenHijriandGregoriandateistoday.Youcanviewpreviousandcomingmonthcalendarwiththeforwardandbackbutton.ForwardandbackbuttonfeatureisavailableforbothHijriandEnglishcalendar.

TheappissupportedwithatwobeautifulHijricalendarwidget.Onesmallandonebig.ThewidgetshowcurrentIslamicdateanddayname.Thewidgetalsosupportforwardandbackbuttonfeature.

ThedaysnamessupportedbytheappareIslamic(al-Aḥad(Sunday)al-Ithnayn(Monday)ath-Thulāthā’(Tuesday)al-Arba‘ā’(Wednesday)al-Khamīs(Thursday)al-Jum‘ah(Friday)as-Sabt(Saterday))forHijricalendar.

ThemonthsnamessupportedbytheappareIslamicwhichareMuḥarram,Safar,Rabī‘al-awwal,Rabī‘ath-thānī,Jumādáal-ūlá,Jumādáal-ākhirah,Rajab,Sha‘bān,Ramaḍān,Shawwāl,Dhūal-Qa‘dah,Dhūal-Ḥijjah.

Don’tmissanyoftheimportantIslamiccalendardatelistedbelowwiththisapp.
•1Muharram:IslamicNewYear.
•10Muharram:DayofAshura
•12Rabial-Awwal:MawlidorBirthoftheProphet.
•27Rajab:IsraandMi'raj
•15Sha'ban:(Mid-Sha'ban,orNightofForgiveness
•1Ramadan:Firstdayoffasting.
•27Ramadan:Nuzulal-Qur'an.(17RamadaninIndonesiaandMalaysia)
•LastthirdofRamadanwhichincludesLaylatal-Qadr.
•1Shawwal:Eidul-Fitr.
•8–13Dhual-Hijjah:TheHajjtoMecca*
•9Dhual-Hijjah:DayofArafa.
•10Dhual-Hijjah:Eidal-Adha.

Mainfeaturesoftheappare
1.Newmaterialdesign
2.Freeandwillbefreeforever
3.Forwardandbackwardviewofcalendar.
4.Twobeautifulhomescreenwidgets
5.SupportbothArabicandEnglishlanguages
6.ThenotationarebothArabicandEnglish
7.Todayhighlighted.
8.VeryusefulapplicationforMuslimcommunity.
9.Accurate
10.Offline


*MeccaiscitywhereMasjed-al-Harram(Kaaba,thegreateMosque)islocated,andMuslimsprayfivetimesadayNamazorSalahtowardsit.MeccaisalsoknownastheQibladirection,thedirectiontostandfortheprayer.

DatefromHijricalendarisfromcalculations,forMuslimholidaysitdependsonyourlocalannouncementonRu'yatulHilal.PleasecontactyoulocalMasjidorscholarforadjustments.