Calendar with a crescent moon

All religious holidays are celebrated in Jordan in accordance with the Muslim calendar. Muslim calendar - a lunar calendar. Chronology for the beginning of the Muslims are taking a year when Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina (Hijra, 622 by the year. Er.). In accordance with the Muslim calendar year, which lasts 354 days and 8 hours, divided by 12 synodic months are 29 or 30 days. As a consequence, he is 10 or 11 days shorter than the solar year, so the dates of Muslim holidays vary according to the Gregorian calendar. Thirty-three years of the Gregorian calendar correspond to the 34 years of Mohammedan calendar. Start your day is sunset. Weekdays (except Fridays and Saturdays) are denoted by numbers, with the resurrection marked with one. With the Muslim lunar calendar linked a sign of a crescent - the symbol of Islam. Muslim religious holidays are not very numerous. The most important one - it lasts 2 - 3 days of Eid Al - Adha (Kurban - Bairam), drop down to the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca, and Eid Al - Fitr (Eid ul - Fitr) celebration end of Ramadan - the fasting month, which must comply with devout Muslims . These holidays are an occasion for family reunions and conversations. Other popular holidays - the day the Prophet's birthday (Maulid), Muslim New Year, called Ras ACCA, as well as the tenth day of the month of pilgrimage to Mecca (pictured), which is celebrated to commemorate the day when Allah commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son.