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Description

The only App with a selection of 6 accurateIslamic Hijri Calendars.

● Displays Hijri date & moon phase of the selected calendaron the "Home Widget".
● Compare the Gregorian and 6 Islamic lunar calendars.
● View actual moon phase for the selected date.
● Fast selection of past and future dates.
● All Calendars are accurately calculated and researched.
● Regular updates of new Calendar data when needed.
● Website with extended research information available.

Introduction to Islamic Calendars

For several decades Saudi Arabia has employed a calculated lunarcalendar that is commonly referred to as the ‛Umm al-Quracalendar’. It is also followed by several neighbouring states onthe Arabian Peninsula such as Bahrain and Qatar.

Many Muslim communities in non-Islamic countries also tend tofollow the Umm al-Qura calendar as its use in mosques funded bySaudi Arabia and in modern computer software (it is the defaultIslamic calendar in the Arabic setting of Microsoft Vista) becomesmore and more prevalent. The Islamic Society of North America(ISNA), the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) and the EuropeanCouncil for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) have announced in the recentpast that they will also follow the lunar calendar of SaudiArabia.

Nevertheless, the Umm al-Qura calendar is often criticized byother Muslim communities who base their calendar on the actualsighting of the lunar crescent (hilāl). Especially around the monthof fasting (Ramaḍān) and the month of pilgrimage (Dhū ’l-Ḥijja) theUmm al-Qura calendar often causes confusion when the dates observedby different Muslim communities for these major Islamic festivalsare found to differ by one, two or even three days.

In the past, details of how the Umm al-Qura calendar wasactually regulated were difficult to obtain but the generalconsensus of most specialists was that it was not based on theactual sighting of the lunar crescent.

Only recently has more information become available which nowmakes it possible to reconstruct the calendar adopted on theArabian Peninsula in the recent past and to predict its futurecourse for many years in advance.

App Information Hijri Date +Moon Phase Widget

  • App Name
    Hijri Date +Moon Phase Widget
  • Package Name
    com.qiblaplus.hijricheck2
  • Updated
    July 10, 2013
  • File Size
    894k
  • Requires Android
    Android 1.5 and up
  • Version
    1.1
  • Developer
    Islam Apps
  • Installs
    100 - 500
  • Price
    $1.97
  • Category
    Tools
  • Developer
  • Google Play Link

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Hijri Date +Moon Phase Widget 1.1 APK
Islam Apps
The only App with a selection of 6 accurateIslamic Hijri Calendars.● Displays Hijri date & moon phase of the selected calendaron the "Home Widget".● Compare the Gregorian and 6 Islamic lunar calendars.● View actual moon phase for the selected date.● Fast selection of past and future dates.● All Calendars are accurately calculated and researched.● Regular updates of new Calendar data when needed.● Website with extended research information available.Introduction to Islamic CalendarsFor several decades Saudi Arabia has employed a calculated lunarcalendar that is commonly referred to as the ‛Umm al-Quracalendar’. It is also followed by several neighbouring states onthe Arabian Peninsula such as Bahrain and Qatar.Many Muslim communities in non-Islamic countries also tend tofollow the Umm al-Qura calendar as its use in mosques funded bySaudi Arabia and in modern computer software (it is the defaultIslamic calendar in the Arabic setting of Microsoft Vista) becomesmore and more prevalent. The Islamic Society of North America(ISNA), the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) and the EuropeanCouncil for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) have announced in the recentpast that they will also follow the lunar calendar of SaudiArabia.Nevertheless, the Umm al-Qura calendar is often criticized byother Muslim communities who base their calendar on the actualsighting of the lunar crescent (hilāl). Especially around the monthof fasting (Ramaḍān) and the month of pilgrimage (Dhū ’l-Ḥijja) theUmm al-Qura calendar often causes confusion when the dates observedby different Muslim communities for these major Islamic festivalsare found to differ by one, two or even three days.In the past, details of how the Umm al-Qura calendar wasactually regulated were difficult to obtain but the generalconsensus of most specialists was that it was not based on theactual sighting of the lunar crescent.Only recently has more information become available which nowmakes it possible to reconstruct the calendar adopted on theArabian Peninsula in the recent past and to predict its futurecourse for many years in advance.