Jumada al-Thani |
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Native name | جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِي (Arabic) |
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Calendar | Islamic calendar |
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Month number | 6 |
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Number of days | 29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent) |
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Jumada al-Thani (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِي, romanized: Jumādā 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. 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.
Timing
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
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First day (CE/AD)
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Last day (CE/AD
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1444
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25 December 2022
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22 January 2023
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1445
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14 December 2023
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12 January 2024
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1446
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03 December 2024
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31 December 2024
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1447
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022 November 2025
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20 December 2025
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1448
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011 November 2026
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9 December 2026
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