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Praise be to Allah
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Allah: The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful, The Most Just
The Islamic calendar, or Hijri calendar is a purely lunar calendar.
For some obvious reasons, it differs from the Gregorian calendar; the internationally accepted civil calendar.
Hijri calendar concurs with the orbit of the Moon around the Earth. A complete Hijri year is the period of 12 orbits of the Moon around the Earth.
On the other hand, Gregorian calendar concurs with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. A complete Greagorian year is the period of an orbit of the Earth around the Sun (more specifically, the time between vernal equinoxes).
Due to this difference, a Hijri calendar is not synchronised with the four seasons, unlike the Gregorian calendar. Every year, a Hijri date drifts 10 to 12 days from the Gregorian calendar. Seasonal relation to Hijri calendar repeats about every 33 years.
For some obvious reasons, it differs from the Gregorian calendar; the internationally accepted civil calendar.
Hijri calendar concurs with the orbit of the Moon around the Earth. A complete Hijri year is the period of 12 orbits of the Moon around the Earth.
On the other hand, Gregorian calendar concurs with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. A complete Greagorian year is the period of an orbit of the Earth around the Sun (more specifically, the time between vernal equinoxes).
Due to this difference, a Hijri calendar is not synchronised with the four seasons, unlike the Gregorian calendar. Every year, a Hijri date drifts 10 to 12 days from the Gregorian calendar. Seasonal relation to Hijri calendar repeats about every 33 years.
Muslims are commanded to fast (the 4th pillar of Islam) in the month of Ramadhan (the 9th month).
A simple description of a fast is to abstain from food, drink and sinful deeds from dawn to sunset.
This also means that, in a given year, if Ramadhan falls in winter or summer, people in the northern hemisphere observe a different fasting period from those in the southern hemisphere, due to the difference in the total hours of daytime.
For example, in a given year, if Ramadhan falls in June, it is summer in the United Kingdom, but winter in New Zealand. People living in the UK will experience a longer daily fasting period than those living in New Zealand. Unfair? Not really.
Remember that each year, a Hijri date drifts 10 to 12 days in relation to Earth's seasons. In the long run, there will be a year when Ramadhan falls during winter in the UK, and summer in the New Zealand!
Truly, Allah is The Most Just.
source:
http://saifulislam.com/?p=8421
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar
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