First month of islamic calendar7/28/2023 ![]() There is also a Sabbath day in the Muslim week (the seventh day), which certainly has Jewish roots, although its original significance has been lost. The first day of the week is Sunday, which is called youm (day) al-ahad (the first). youm al-arba`a’ (fourth day) - Wednesday.youm ath-thalatha’ (third day) - Tuesday.The following is the list of the days of the week used specifically by Arabs and in Islamic nations in general. The names of the days of the week in the Arab or Muslim calendar have obvious origins from Jewish and Christian influence in Arabia. ![]() The Jewish calendar was specifically based on the lunar cycle. In the Bible it is written that God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years” (Gen 1:16). Western urban dwellers hardly relate to the possibility of using the moon as a calendar reference, yet for many peoples around the world, the lunar cycle is still the prevailing way of following and calculating time. The Ramadan month will therefore shift each year until eventually (after 33 years) it will have cycled through a whole (Gregorian) year. The Muslim calendar year is 354 days long and “lags behind” each year by 11 days compared to the Western “Gregorian” Calendar. This month of Ramadan is determined by the Muslim lunar calendar (corresponding to the lunar cycle from one crescent moon to the next). ![]()
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