The islamic calendar how to#

We need to take responsibility to revive it now. We stand to lose much when we neglect the powerful Hijri calendar that’s aligned with Divine Order.

The islamic calendar how to#

In this article, I want to share why calendars are important, why the Islamic lunar calendar matters (beyond calculating Ramadan, Eid, and Hajj), and how to align your personal and professional life to the Islamic calendar. The above is a cautionary tale of the power and importance of calendars in driving economic, political, and social interest. Thankfully, Muslim nations and other religious groups opposed this proposal, which saw that the 2 x 24-hour World Days would disrupt the 7-day week cycle, thus disrupting Jumuah and other weekly religious holidays. However, a more critical review of the proposal would make you realize that the World Calendar (intentionally or unintentionally) would impose homogeneity across cultures feeding global commercial interests that wanted to align consumer behaviors to a single Western Christian calendar. And the school year and other holidays can be fixed on the exact same date each year. You won’t have to print new calendars each year. Supporters of the World Calendar argued that this calendar would be accurate, elegant and as their tag line said, “Shouldn’t our calendars be as simple as the clock?”Īt the outset, this seemed like a harmless proposal that would improve coordination and planning in modern society.

The World Calendar would be a 12-month calendar with two x 24 hour-waiting days (called “World Days”) to ensure the calendar starts on the same day each year, and hence the days of the week would never shift on any particular calendar day. In the 1950s, the United Nations received a proposal for the adoption of a uniform World Calendar.