Mohammedan calendar

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A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira (hejira), 622 a. d. Thirty of its years constitute a cycle, of which the 2d, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th are leap years, having 355 days; the others are common, having 354 days.

Noun

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Mohammedan calendar - the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years Synonyms: Islamic calendar, Moslem calendar, Muhammadan calendar, Muslim calendar

Dhu al-Hijja, Dhu al-Qadah, Dhu'l-Hijja, Dhu'l-Qa'dah, Islamic calendar, Islamic calendar month, Jomada I, Jomada II, Jumada I, Jumada II, lunar calendar, Moharram, Moslem calendar, Muhammadan calendar, Muharram, Muharrum, Muslim calendar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Rajab, Ramadan, Safar, Saphar, Sha'ban, Shaaban, Shawwal