Also known as the Hijri calendar, the Islamic calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, unlike the more widely used Gregorian calendar, which is based on the sun. The lunar calendar is used ...

July 30 is Islamic – or Hijri ... Gregorian age If you’re between 49 and 81: Add two years to your age If you’re older than 81: Add three years to your age The Gregorian calendar was ...

Some Muslim majority countries still refer to the Hijri calendar in official documents, as well as the Gregorian calendar. Few countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia ...

the majority of whom follow the Gregorian calendar. For Muslims, the Islamic calendar, also called the Hijri calendar, holds religious significance and was the main calendar of day-to-day life ...