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Jumada al-Thani

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Jumada al-Thani
Native nameجُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِي (Arabic)
CalendarIslamic calendar
Month number6
Number of days29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)

Jumada al-Thani (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِي, romanizedJumādā ath-Thānī, lit.'The second Jumada'), also known as Jumada al-Akhirah (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِرَة, romanized: Jumādā al-ʾĀkhirah, lit.'The final Jumada'), Jumada al-Akhir (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِر, romanized: Jumādā al-ʾĀkhir), or Jumada II, is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar. The word Jumda (Arabic: جمد), from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry, parched land, a land devoid of rain.[citation needed] Jumādā (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ) may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze in pre-Islamic Arabia during this time of year.

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The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Jumada al-Thani migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Jumada al-Thani are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia[1]):

Jumada al-Thani dates between 2022 and 2026
AH First day (CE/AD) Last day (CE/AD
1444 25 December 2022 22 January 2023
1445 14 December 2023 12 January 2024
1446 3 December 2024 31 December 2024
1447 22 November 2025 20 December 2025
1448 11 November 2026 9 December 2026

Islamic events

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See also

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References

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