Definitions for "Lunar Calendar"
Keywords:  eid, calendar, adhha, fitr, muslim
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.