A calendar that is based on the moon rather than the sun, so that each month begins with the sighting of the new moon. Muslims follow a lunar calendar. This means that each Muslim month begins 11 days earlier than the year before.
In their religious duties, Muslims depend on solar and lunar calendars. The latter is shorter than the solar by 12 days. Fasting the month of Ramadan, celebrating the two major feasts ('Eid Al-Fitr and 'Eid Al-Adhha), performing the pilgrimage to Mecca and other religious activities depend upon the lunar months. more Mihrab at the Iridis Mosque in Seattle.
calendar that follows marks the months based on the movements of the moon. The Chinese calendar is the most well-known lunar calendar.
A calendar based on the motion of the moon. For most lunar calendars the month always begins with the new moon. A strictly lunar calendar cannot stay synchronized with the seasons.
a calendar based on lunar cycles
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a rule-based or arithmetical calendar
Any calendar system based on the phases of the Moon. Islamic, Hebrew and Chinese calendars are examples of lunar calendars.
The calendar that calculates months by using the moon.
One that is based only on phases of the moon, and does not attempt to keep in sync with the solar year.
The hijrah (migration of Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Madinah in 622 C.E.), marks the starting point of the Muslim calendar, comprised of twelve lunar months (a lunar year is roughly eleven days shorter than a solar year (365 days), since each lunar month begins when the new moonâ€(tm)s crescent becomes visible every 29 or 30 days). Muslims use such a Hijri calendar for various religious obligations such as fasting during Ramadan, celebrating the two Eid holidays, and performing the Hajj. Many contemporary sources on Islam include both the Gregorian (C.E.-common era or A.D.- anno domini) and Hijri (A.H.-after hijrah) dates for historical events. For example, a citation of 974/1566 corresponds to the date of death of the Ottoman sultan Sulayman "The Magnificent" in A.H. and C.E./A.D. values.
In their religious duties, Muslims depend on solar and lunar calendars. The latter is shorter than the solar by twelve days. Fasting the month of Ramadhan, celebrating the two major feasts ('Eid Al-Fitr and 'Eid Al-Adhha), performing the pilgrimage to Makkah, and other religious activities depend upon the lunar months. The names of the lunar months are: Muharram, Safar, Rabi' Al-Awwal, Rabi' Al-Thani, Jumada Al-Ula, Jumada Al-Akhirah, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadhan, Shawwal, Dhul-Qi'dah, and Dhul-Hijjah. The timing of the daily prayers depend on the solar system.
A lunar calendar is a calendar oriented at the moon phase.