Islamic New Year

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Islamic New Year is the religious observance that marks the beginning of the Islamic lunar calendar year, commemorated on the first day of the month of Muharram by Muslims worldwide.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Islamic New Year canonical 2
Hijri New Year 1
Islamic New Year (Iraq) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holiday ⓘ
New Year celebration ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arabic New Year ⓘ
Hijri New Year ⓘ
linked to: Islamic New Year

Raʼs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah ⓘ
linked to: Hijri calendar
associatedWithMonth Muharram ⓘ
associatedWithMonthType sacred month ⓘ
basedOn lunar months ⓘ
calendarEraBeginsWith Hijra ⓘ
commemoratesEvent Hijra of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina ⓘ
dateVariesInGregorianCalendar true ⓘ
followsCalendar Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
hasCulturalVariationsInObservance true ⓘ
hasNoFixedGregorianDate true ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance commemoration of the Hijra ⓘ
hasRituals Quran recitation ⓘ
reflection on Hijra ⓘ
religious lectures ⓘ
special prayers ⓘ
isGenerallyLessFestiveThan Eid al-Adha ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
isObservedWorldwide true ⓘ
isPublicHolidayIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Algeria ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Ethiopia (in some regions) ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopia

India (in some states) ⓘ
linked to: India

Indonesia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Nigeria (in some states) ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
linkedToEvent start of Hijri year count (year 1 AH) ⓘ
marksBeginningOf Islamic lunar year ⓘ
observedBy Muslims ⓘ
observedInReligion Islam ⓘ
occursBefore Ashura (10 Muharram) ⓘ
linked to: Ashura
occursInMonth Muharram ⓘ
occursOnDayOfMonth 1 Muharram ⓘ
precedesHoliday Day of Ashura ⓘ
linked to: Ashura
relatedTo Hijri calendar ⓘ
shiftsEarlierEachGregorianYearByDays about 10 to 11 days ⓘ
typeOfCalendarYear Hijri year ⓘ
usedFor dating Islamic historical events ⓘ
determining Islamic religious observances ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic holidays → majorCategory → Islamic New Year ⓘ
Dongxiang → festivalsObserved → Islamic New Year ⓘ
Holidays of Iraq → includes → Islamic New Year (Iraq) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic New Year
Islamic New Year → alsoKnownAs → Hijri New Year ⓘ
linked to: Islamic New Year