Islamic Months Chart
Learn the 12 months of the Islamic calendar with Arabic names and English transliteration.
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Islamic Months Chart
الأشهر الهجرية — The Hijri Months
Month 1
مُحَرَّم
Muharram
Sacred month · Ashura (9th & 10th)
Month 2
صَفَر
Safar
Month 3
رَبيع الأول
Rabi al-Awwal
Month 4
رَبيع الثاني
Rabi al-Thani
Month 5
جُمادى الأولى
Jumada al-Ula
Month 6
جُمادى الآخرة
Jumada al-Thani
Month 7
رَجَب
Rajab
Sacred month
Month 8
شَعْبان
Sha'ban
The Prophet ﷺ fasted much of it
Month 9
رَمَضان
Ramadan
Fasting · Laylat al-Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten
Month 10
شَوَّال
Shawwal
Eid al-Fitr
Month 11
ذو القَعْدة
Dhul Qa'dah
Sacred month
Month 12
ذو الحِجَّة
Dhul Hijjah
Sacred · first ten days · Arafah · Eid al-Adha
Only the days and months legislated in the Qur'an and Sunnah are marked. Occasions such as the Mawlid, a 27 Rajab night, the middle of Sha‘ban and a celebrated New Year have no basis in the Sunnah, so they are not included.
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