The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre has launched an interactive UAE Hijri calendar on its website. Where you can now check prayer times, Hijri months, and religious, national and international events all in one place. The calendar shows both Hijri and Gregorian days side by side, so you can look up whatever you need whenever you like, from wherever you are. Sounds incredibly handy, right? That’s the whole aim. Keep reading for all the important details you need to know.
Check It Anytime, Anywhere
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre is the official body that prepares and issues the UAE Hijri calendar, and it’s also the one that sets prayer times and decides when each Hijri month begins in the UAE. But the website isn’t only about the calendar and prayer times. It also has plenty to explore about the Hijri months and when they begin, plus the cycles, the risings, the seasons, and the astronomical events linked to them. It’s a lovely nod to Emirati cultural heritage, and it helps people learn more about the knowledge passed down about the Hijri calendar and the local environment.
The Full Package
The whole system includes:
- The “UAE Hijri Calendar” smart app, for the calendar on your phone.
- “The Hijri Calendar” book, with prayer times, tide times, a collection of supplications and invocations, and the virtues of the Hijri months and related events.
- “Al Durur wa Al Tawali’” book, packed with cultural content on seasons, horoscopes, constellations, winds, sea conditions and lunar phases, and how they connect to tides. It helps record and share knowledge about the cultural heritage tied to horoscopes and lunar phases.
Where To Find It All
You can get all of this through the UAE Hijri Calendar website. If you’d rather hold a book in your hands, both are also available at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Library.
