Monthly Listing
July 2024 Holiday Calendar
2 major Islamic and Hindu observances fall in July 2024. Each entry below links to a detailed page covering significance, traditions, and regional practice.
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Islamic
Islamic New Year (Hijri New Year)
July 7, 2024
The first day of the Islamic lunar year, marking the Hijra to Medina.
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Islamic
Day of Ashura
July 16, 2024
A day of fasting for Sunni Muslims; mourning for Shia Muslims.
About July in the Religious Calendars
July 2024 corresponds to portions of multiple lunar months in both the Islamic Hijri calendar and the Hindu lunar calendar. Because both lunar systems run shorter than the Gregorian solar year — the Hijri year by approximately eleven days and the Hindu lunar year is corrected through periodic intercalary months — the festivals listed above shift their Gregorian month-of-occurrence year over year. A holiday that falls in July this year may fall in the preceding or following Gregorian month next year, and may have already moved by several days even within 2024. The Islamic Hijri month or months overlapping July 2024 can be browsed through our calendar conversion tool, and the corresponding Hindu lunar months are catalogued in our Hindu month overview series. For the full chronological listing of all 23 Islamic and Hindu observances in 2024, see our 2024 year overview. To plan a multi-year commemoration, schedule, or recurring event, our Islamic festival index and Hindu festival index provide cross-year date tables for every holiday HijriHub covers.
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