Day of Arafa in The Gregorian Calendar
See also: Islamic calendarWhile the Day of Arafa is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. Each year, the Day of Arafa (like other Islamic holidays) falls on one of two different Gregorian dates in different parts of the world because the boundary of crescent visibility is different from the International date line. Furthermore, some countries follow the date in Saudi Arabia rather than the astronomically determined local calendar.
- 2006: December 29
- 2007: December 19
- 2008: December 7
- 2009: November 26
- 2010: November 15
- 2011: November 5
- 2012: October 25
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