Muslim New Year

The Muslim New Year ( Arabic رأس السنة الهجرية ) is the beginning of the year according to the Islamic calendar , the first day of the month of Muharram . There are no special ways to celebrate it ^[1] .

Muslim New Year
Kuwait 's New Year's Mosque
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Since the Muslim year is shorter than the Gregorian for 11–12 days (it is based on the lunar calendar , and not on the solar ), its start date in the Gregorian system is “floating”, shifting annually for a specified period. While some Islamic organizations prefer to define the new month (and, therefore, the new year) according to local observations of the Moon, most countries that follow the Islamic calendar (for example, Saudi Arabia ) and Islamic institutions ^[2] , uses astronomical calculations to determine dates.