Hijri New Year 2019 Khaleej Times

The moon crescent for the hijri new year islamic new year is likely to be seen in the uae on saturday august 31 an astronomical body has announced.

Hijri new year 2019 khaleej times. The ministry of human resources and emiratisation in uae. The islamic new year is expected to begin on september 1 2019 which will be a sunday thereby giving uae residents a three day weekend. According to the scass astronomically august 20 2020 will be the beginning of muharram the first day of the 1442 hijri new year.

The first day of the islamic new year is a public holiday in the uae. Al hijri new year is considered to be a day dedicated to faith when muslims honour the origins of islam and reflect on the passage of time. Last updated on august 30 2019 at 09 23 pm the muharram 1 crescent which marks the beginning of the hijri islamic new year was spotted in saudi arabia on friday.

The dubai government s human resources department on saturday august 24 announced hijri new year holiday. In a series of tweets the international astronomy centre announced when malaysia indonesia and turkey will observe hijri. According to a tweet by saudi news 50 tomorrow saturday is the first day of the hijri new year.

The uae federal authority for government human resources on friday announced that saturday august 31 will be muharram 1 1441 the first day of the hijri new year. Hotels and bars are asked to refrain from hosting live entertainment and alcohol is usually not served for 24 hours. The holiday will be on sunday august 23 giving private.

Hijri new year holiday announced in uae. The uae s ministry of human resources and emiratisation on thursday announced the paid private sector holiday for the hijri new year. The sharjah center for astronomy and space science has announced the expected date of the beginning of the islamic new year.