Public and private sector employees will observe a.
Happy new year islamic calendar 1442.
The tenth day of this day is called asura.
The islamic calendar started count of the years from the year 622.
This day is a special day for muslims and this day is celebrated with great reverence and devotion.
It is currently 1441 ah in the islamic calendar so it will turn 1442 at the strike of midnight on wednesday 19 thursday 20 august.
First established in the year 622 ad the islamic calendar consists of 12 lunar months totaling 354 or 355 days per year.
Na arabic months wey dey in use and islam adopt am after di prophet migrate from mecca to medina for saudi arabia dat is why dis new islamic year dey read 1442 a h ah mean after migration of di.
The hijri new year 1442 began on thursday august 20 with calendars across the world reading muharram 1 the first month of the islamic calendar.
According to the nigeria supreme council of islam today friday 21st of august 2020 is the first of muharram 1442ah.
Muslims across the world are celebrating the hijri new year today on friday 30 august.
This year 19th august peoples are hijri new year 1442 and 1st day is muharram 2020.
This day marks the beginning of a new hijri year.
It is the first day muharram the first month in the islamic lunar calendar.
Let s pray to allah almighty to bless us a peaceful blissful and happy new islamic year.