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First day of Ramadan

The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places, so local dates can differ by a day.

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First day of Ramadan · lunar-hijri · 1 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)

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First day of Ramadan

The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places, so local dates can differ by a day.

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Academy126 courses, 126 open for enrolmentCivic3 campaigns, 5 programmesHeritage116 days to keep, 40 chronology entriesNews88 approved sources, no confirmed events yetChaptersforming. None is recognised yet
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First day of Ramadan

آغاز ماه رمضان

آغاز ماه رمضان

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lunar-hijri
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1 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)
1 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)
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Dates given by the calendar that fixes them; movable days move with it.

The year

21 fixed-date days · this one in red
JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECPS752 remembrance · 8 JanuaryWoman, Life, Freedom anniversary · 16 SeptemberNewroz (Kurdish new year) · 21 MarchRumi’s birthday · 30 SeptemberConstitutional Revolution, decree of 5 August 1906 · 5 AugustCyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder · 29 OctoberBam earthquake remembrance · 26 DecemberHalabja remembrance · 16 MarchKurdish Journalism Day · 22 AprilKurdish Language Day · 15 MaySeb-i Arus (Rumi's wedding night) · 17 DecemberArmenian Christmas and Theophany · 6 JanuaryKha b-Nisan (Assyrian new year) · 1 AprilChristmas (Assyrian and Chaldean churches) · 25 DecemberForough Farrokhzad remembrance · 13 FebruarySadegh Hedayat remembrance · 9 AprilSardasht chemical attack remembrance · 28 JuneIran Air Flight 655 remembrance · 3 JulyManjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance · 21 JuneKermanshah earthquake remembrance · 12 NovemberBaloch Culture Day · 2 March

First day of Ramadan moves with its calendar (lunar-hijri), so it has no fixed place on this strip.

Fixed-date days on the strip; movable days are listed by their own calendar.

Other days in the lunar-hijri calendar

6
1 Shawwal
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitrreligious
Open
10 Muharram
Muharram and Ashurareligious
Open
10 Dhu al-Hijjah
Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban)religious
Open
1 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)
Islamic New Yearreligious
Open
9 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)
Tasuareligious
Open
20 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year)
Arbaeenreligious
Open

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