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Although, the following are calculated dates per Saudi Ummul-Qura Calendar, the actual dates observed in Saudi

Arabia were the same


unless shown by Blue which means it was a day later than calculated date, or by Red means it was a day earlier than calculated dates.
No. of % of
Days in Accum. months
A.H. 1st Day of Muharram 1st Day Ramadan Ramadan 1st day of Shawwal 1st day of Zul-Hijja Hajj date Changes changed
Ummul-Qura Criterion was that moon is born according to Greenwich time and date.
1389 Mon, Nov 10, 1969 30 Wed, Dec 10, 1969 Sat, Feb 07, 1970 Sun, Feb 15, 1970 0 0.00%
1390 Sat, Oct 31, 1970 29 Sun, Nov 29, 1970 Thu, Jan 28, 1971 Fri, Feb 05, 1971 1 16.67%
1391 Wed, Oct 20, 1971 30 Fri, Nov 19, 1971 Mon, Jan 17, 1972 Tue, Jan 25, 1972 1 11.11%
1392 Sun, Oct 08, 1972 30 Tue, Nov 07, 1972 Fri, Jan 05, 1973 Sat, Jan 13, 1973 1 8.33%
1393 Thu, Sep 27, 1973 30 Sat, Oct 27, 1973 Tue, Dec 25, 1973 Wed, Jan 02, 1974 1 6.67%
1394 Tue, Sep 17, 1974 29 Wed, Oct 16, 1974 Sat, Dec 14, 1974 Sun, Dec 22, 1974 1 5.56%
1395 Sat, Sep 06, 1975 30 Mon, Oct 06, 1975 Wed, Dec 03, 1975 Thu, Dec 11, 1975 2 9.52%
1396 Thu, Aug 26, 1976 29 Fri, Sep 24, 1976 Mon, Nov 22, 1976 Tue, Nov 30, 1976 2 8.33%
1397 Mon, Aug 15, 1977 30 Wed, Sep 14, 1977 Fri, Nov 11, 1977 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 3 11.11%
1398 Sat, Aug 05, 1978 29 Sun, Sep 03, 1978 Wed, Nov 01, 1978 Thu, Nov 09, 1978 3 10.00%
1399 Wed, Jul 25, 1979 29 Thu, Aug 23, 1979 Mon, Oct 22, 1979 Tue, Oct 30, 1979 3 9.09%
1400 Sun, Jul 13, 1980 29 Mon, Aug 11, 1980 Fri, Oct 10, 1980 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 3 8.33%
1401 Thu, Jul 02, 1981 30 Sat, Aug 01, 1981 Tue, Sep 29, 1981 Wed, Oct 07, 1981 3 7.69%
1402 Tue, Jun 22, 1982 29 Wed, Jul 21, 1982 Sat, Sep 18, 1982 Sun, Sep 26, 1982 3 7.14%
1403 Sun, Jun 12, 1983 29 Mon, Jul 11, 1983 Thu, Sep 08, 1983 Fri, Sep 16, 1983 3 6.67%
1404 Wed, May 30, 1984 30 Fri, Jun 29, 1984 Mon, Aug 27, 1984 Tue, Sep 04, 1984 5 10.42%
1405 Mon, May 20, 1985 29 Tue, Jun 18, 1985 Sat, Aug 17, 1985 Sun, Aug 25, 1985 6 11.76%
1406 Thu, May 08, 1986 30 Sat, Jun 07, 1986 Wed, Aug 06, 1986 Thu, Aug 14, 1986 8 14.81%
1407 Tue, Apr 28, 1987 30 Thu, May 28, 1987 Mon, Jul 27, 1987 Tue, Aug 04, 1987 10 17.54%
1408 Sun, Apr 17, 1988 29 Mon, May 16, 1988 Fri, Jul 15, 1988 Sat, Jul 23, 1988 11 18.33%
1409 Thu, Apr 06, 1989 30 Sat, May 06, 1989 Tue, Jul 04, 1989 Wed, Jul 12, 1989 12 19.05%
1410 Tue, Mar 27, 1990 30 Thu, Apr 26, 1990 Sat, Jun 23, 1990 Sun, Jul 01, 1990 12 18.18%
1411 Sun, Mar 17, 1991 29 Mon, Apr 15, 1991 Thu, Jun 13, 1991 Fri, Jun 21, 1991 12 17.39%
1412 Thu, Mar 05, 1992 30 Sat, Apr 04, 1992 Tue, Jun 02, 1992 Wed, Jun 10, 1992 12 16.67%
1413 Mon, Feb 22, 1993 30 Wed, Mar 24, 1993 Sat, May 22, 1993 Sun, May 30, 1993 12 16.00%
1414 Fri, Feb 11, 1994 30 Sun, Mar 13, 1994 Wed, May 11, 1994 Thu, May 19, 1994 12 15.38%
1415 Tue, Jan 31, 1995 30 Thu, Mar 02, 1995 Sun, Apr 30, 1995 Mon, May 08, 1995 12 14.81%
1416 Sun, Jan 21, 1996 29 Mon, Feb 19, 1996 Fri, Apr 19, 1996 Sat, Apr 27, 1996 13 15.48%
1417 Fri, Jan 10, 1997 29 Sat, Feb 08, 1997 Tue, Apr 08, 1997 Wed, Apr 16, 1997 13 14.94%
1418 Tue, Dec 30, 1997 30 Thu, Jan 29, 1998 Sun, Mar 29, 1998 Mon, Apr 06, 1998 13 14.44%
1419 Sat, Dec 19, 1998 30 Mon, Jan 18, 1999 Thu, Mar 18, 1999 Fri, Mar 26, 1999 13 13.98%
1420 Thu, Dec 09, 1999 29 Fri, Jan 07, 2000 Tue, Mar 07, 2000 Wed, Mar 15, 2000 13 13.54%
No. of % of
Days in Accum. months
A.H. 1st Day of Muharram 1st Day Ramadan Ramadan 1st day of Shawwal 1st day of Zul-Hijja Hajj date Changes changed

Ummul-Qura Criterion was revised (moonset after sunset in Makkah, whether moon is born or not)
1421 Mon, Nov 27, 2000 30 Wed, Dec 27, 2000 Sat, Feb 24, 2001 Sun, Mar 04, 2001 13 13.13%
1422 Fri, Nov 16, 2001 30 Sun, Dec 16, 2001 Wed, Feb 13, 2002 Thu, Feb 21, 2002 13 12.75%
Ummul-Qura Criterion was revised (moon must be born & moonset after sunset in Makkah)
1423 Wed, Nov 06, 2002 29 Thu, Dec 05, 2002 Sun, Feb 02, 2003 Mon, Feb 10, 2003 13 12.38%
1424 Sun, Oct 26, 2003 30 Tue, Nov 25, 2003 Fri, Jan 23, 2004 Sat, Jan 31, 2004 13 12.04%
Ummul-Qura Criterion was revised (moon must be born before sunset in Makkah)-????
1425 Fri, Oct 15, 2004 29 Sat, Nov 13, 2004 Tue, Jan 11, 2005 Wed, Jan 19, 2005 15 13.51%
1426 Tue, Oct 04, 2005 30 Thu, Nov 03, 2005 Sun, Jan 01, 2006 Mon, Jan 09, 2006 15 13.16%
Ummul-Qura Criterion was revised (moon must be born & moonset after sunset in Makkah)
1427 Sat, Sep 23, 2006 30 Mon, Oct 23, 2006 Thu, Dec 21, 2006 Fri, Dec 29, 2006 15 12.82%
1428 Thu, Sep 13, 2007 29 Fri, Oct 12, 2007 Mon, Dec 10, 2007 Tue, Dec 18, 2007 16 13.33%
1429 Mon, Sep 01, 2008 29 Tue, Sep 30, 2008 Fri, Nov 28, 2008 Sat, Dec 06, 2008 18 14.63%
1430 Sat, Aug 22, 2009 29 Sun, Sep 20, 2009 Wed, Nov 18, 2009 Thu, Nov 26, 2009 18 14.29%
1431 Wed, Aug 11, 2010 30 Fri, Sep 10, 2010 Sun, Nov 07, 2010 Mon, Nov 15, 2010 18 13.95%
1432 Mon, Aug 01, 2011 30 Wed, Aug 31, 2011 Fri, Oct 28, 2011 Sat, Nov 05, 2011 18 13.64%
1433 Sun, Nov 27, 2011 Fri, Jul 20, 2012 31 Mon, Aug 20, 2012 Wed, Oct 17, 2012 Thu, Oct 25, 2012 19 10.56%
1434 Fri, Nov 16, 2012 Wed, Jul 10, 2013 30 Fri, Aug 09, 2013 Sun, Oct 06, 2013 Mon, Oct 14, 2013 20 10.87%
1435 Tue, Nov 05, 2013 Sun, Jun 29, 2014 29 Tue, Jul 29, 2014 Thu, Sep 25, 2014 Fri, Oct 03, 2014 22 11.70%
1436 Sat, Oct 25, 2014 Thu, Jun 18, 2015 29 Sat, Jul 18, 2015 Tue, Sep 15, 2015 Wed, Sep 23, 2015 23 11.98%
1437 Wed, Oct 14, 2015 Mon, Jun 06, 2016 30 Thu, Jul 07, 2016 Sat, Sep 03, 2016 Sun, Sep 11, 2016 23 11.73%
1438 Sun, Oct 02, 2016 Sat, May 27, 2017 29 Tue, Jun 27, 2017 Wed, Aug 23, 2017 Thu, Aug 31, 2017 23 11.50%
1439 Thu, Sep 21, 2017 Thu, May 17, 2018 30 Sat, Jun 16, 2018 Sun, Aug 12, 2018 Mon, Aug 20, 2018 24 11.76%
1440 Tue, Sep 11, 2018 Mon, May 6, 2019 29 Tue, June 4, 2019 Fri, Aug 02, 2019 Sat, Aug 10, 2019 25 12.02%
1441 Sat, Aug 31, 2019 Fri, Apr 24, 2020 30 Sun, May 24, 2020 Wed, Jul 22, 2020 Thu, Jul 30, 2020 25 11.79%
1442 Thu, Aug 20, 2020 Tue, Apr 13, 2021 30 Thu, May 13, 2021 Sun, Jul 11, 2021 Mon, Jul 19, 2021 25 11.57%
1443 Mon, Aug 09, 2021 29

Cases when moon is easily visible somewhere on the globe


Although, above dates are calculated per Saudi Ummul-Qura Calendar, the actual dates observed in Saudi Arabia were the same unless
shown by Blue meaning it was a day later than Ummul-Qura dates, or shown by Red meaning it was a day earlier than Ummul-Qura dates.

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