This month it was forbidden to conduct any military activity.

According to the Islamic calendar, the New Year begins in the month of Muharram, which means “forbidden” in Arabic.

Ramadan (or Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, Ramathan) comes from the verb meaning 'to be red-hot', because this month the especially hot sun influenced the usual way of life of people. So, the month of Ramadan is a month of obligatory fasting, during which time, faithful Muslims refuse to eat in the daytime. The months of the Islamic holidays calendar has a sacred meaning. Months, as in the Gregorian calendar, have 12 cycles: Muharram, Safar, Rabi' al-awwal, Rabi' al-Thani, Jumada al-awwal, Jumada al-Thani, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qidah, Dhu al-Hijjah. In combination with a prayer time table, it will help you to know when to do a Muslim fasting.

This date is called Hegira, and the Muslim calendar itself is called the “Hegira calendar” (Arabic: at-takvimu-l-hijri). It is based on lunar cycles and counts from the date of the resettlement of the first Muslims and the prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. Today, 1 august 2023, Hegira: 14 muharram 1445.Ī Muslim (or Islamic) calendar is a lunar calendar that is used in Islam to determine the dates of Muslim holidays. Therefore, if you have the possibility to observe the sunrise and sunset on your own, then you need to rely on your observations to schedule the exact prayer times. For example, in the skyscraper of the Burj Khalifa, sunrise on the first and last floor can be observed with a difference of 2-3 minutes. It should be taken into account that the observation of sunrise and sunset is affected by the altitude of the observer’s position, as well as the presence of “obstacles” on the horizon, such as mountains or houses. If this is relevant for your city, select the method of namaz time adjustment in the drop-down list.

Our site also implements a method for adjusting prayer times for high northern latitudes, when night does not fall on some days. It is customary to make a prayer at a certain time, therefore, we calculate the namaz time, realized by various calculation methods, which are presented by religious organizations from around the world: “Muslim World League (MWL)”, “Islamic Religious Center of Tatarstan”, “Union of Islamiс Organizations of France”, “Shia Ithna-Ashari”, “University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi”, “Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)”, “Umm al-Qura, Makkah”, “Egyptian General Authority of Survey”, “Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran”, “Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)”. Namaz is a canonical prayer and an integral part of the Islamic religion. Hello friends! On this page you can find the exact prayer times in Odessa for today and for any other period - day, week, month and even year.

Masjid usman namaz timetable