Meezan Calendar 2024 - Summary
Meezan Calendar 2024 PDF is India’s largest-selling Urdu Islamic calendar. The meezan calendar contains exclusive features that appeal to the Muslim household. Meezan is the only Islamic calendar published in Urdu, Hindi, and Gujarati and circulated in all of India, especially Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra, Karnataka, and Gujarat.
The Islamic calendar has 12 months with 29 or 30 days. If the Crescent Moon is visible shortly after sunset on the evening of day 29, the following day is the first day of the new month. If no sighting is made, a 30th day is added to the current month, which is then followed by the first day of the subsequent month.
Meezan Calendar 2024 – Islamic Months
| Name | Arabic | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| al-Muḥarram | ٱلْمُحَرَّم | forbidden |
| Ṣafar | صَفَر | void |
| Rabīʿ al-ʾAwwal | رَبِيع ٱلْأَوَّل | the first spring |
| Rabīʿ ath-Thānī | رَبِيع ٱلثَّانِي | the second spring, the last spring |
| or | or | |
| Rabīʿ al-ʾĀkhir | رَبِيع ٱلْآخِر | |
| Jumādā al-ʾŪlā | جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأُولَىٰ | the first of parched land |
| Jumādā ath-Thāniyah | جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِيَة | the second of parched land, the last of parched land |
| or | or | |
| Jumādā al-ʾĀkhirah | جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِرَة | |
| Rajab | رَجَب | respect, honour |
| Shaʿbān | شَعْبَان | scattered |
| Ramaḍān | رَمَضَان | burning heat |
| Shawwāl | شَوَّال | raised |
| Ḏū al-Qaʿdah | ذُو ٱلْقَعْدَة | the one of truce/sitting |
| Ḏū al-Ḥijjah | ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة | the one of pilgrimage |