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Mohammedan calendar
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What's The Definition Of Mohammedan calendar?
[n] the lunar calendar used by Moslems; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Moslem year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mohammedan calendar: Moslem calendar | Muhammadan calendar | Muslim calendar Related Terms | Find terms related to Mohammedan calendar: See Also | Dhu'l-Hijja | Dhu'l-Qa'dah | Jumada I | Jumada II | lunar calendar | Muharram | Rabi I | Rabi II | Rajab | Ramadan | Safar | Saphar | Sha'ban | Shawwal Mohammedan calendar In Webster's Dictionary \Mo*ham"med*an cal"en*dar\
A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira, 622
a. d. Thirty of its years constitute a cycle, of which the
2d, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and
29th are leap years, having 355 days; the others are common,
having 354 days.
Note: By the following tables any Mohammedan date may be
changed into the Christian date, or vice versa, for the
years 1900-1935 a. d.
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