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Date with respect to Gregorian calendar Since the Islamic year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the Gregorian year, the Islamic new year does not come on the same day of the Gregorian calendar every year. While some Islamic organizations prefer determining the new month (and hence the new year) dates by local sighting of the moon, most Islamic institutions and countries, including Saudi Arabia[1], follow astronomical calculations to determine future dates of the Islamic calendar. The following dates on the Gregorian calendar correspond to the Islamic new year: Islamic Year Gregorian Date 1426 AH 10 February 2005 1427 AH 31 January 2006 1428 AH 20 January 2007 1429 AH 10 January 2008 1430 AH 29 December 2008 1431 AH 18 December 2009 1432 AH 7 December 2010 1433 AH 26 November 2011 1434 AH 14 November 2012 1435 AH 3 November 2013 The event also commemorates the death of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussein who, along with his family and followers, was killed in the battle of Karbala in 680 which took place on the tenth day of the month of Muharram. The Shia Muslims celebrate the day with public enactments of grief.
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