The Islamic calendar (called the hijiri “”or alternately spelled hejirie) is a lunar calendar. There are twelve months in this calendar. However, lunar months are shorter than solar months, so there are only 354.36 days in a lunar year, making the hijiri shorter than the Gregorian or Persian calendar (both are based upon the solar year).

Trans. Number of the days Number of the month Arabic Sound Muharram (30) 1st Safar (29) 2nd Rab’al-awwal (Rabi’ I) (30) 3rd Rab’ al-thani (Rabi’ II) (29) 4th Jumada al-awwal (Jumada I) (30) 5th Jumada al-thani (Jumada II) (29) 6th