Sha'aban

Sha'aban (Arabic: شعبان) is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water. On the fifteenth night of this month falls the Shab-i-Barat: ‘The Night of Records’; some people think that on this night the prophet Muhammad told his followers that Allah records all the deeds that the humans have to perform for the next year.

Islamic Calendar

  1. Muharram
  2. Safar
  3. Rabi' al-awwal
  4. Rabi' al-thani
  5. Jumada al-awwal
  6. Jumada al-thani
  7. Rajab
  8. Sha'aban
  9. Ramadan
  10. Shawwal
  11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
  12. Dhu al-Hijjah

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Timing

The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Sha'aban migrates throughout the seasons. The start and end dates for Sha'aban are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia[1]):

CE / AD AH First day Last day
2005 1426   5 September   3 October
2006 1427 25 August 22 September
2007 1428 14 August 12 September
2008 1429   2 August 31 August
2009 1430 23 July 21 August
2010 1431 13 July 10 August
2011 1432   2 July 31 July
2012 1433 21 June 19 July
2013 1434 10 June   8 July
2014 1435 30 May 27 June
2015 1436 19 May 17 June
Sha'aban dates between 2005 and 2015

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