كم اسبوع بالسنة الميلادية والهجرية , مما لا شك فيه أن هذا الموضوع من أهم وأفضل الموضوعات التي يمكن أن أتحدث عنها اليوم، حيث أنه موضوع شيق ويتناول نقاط حيوية، تخص كل فرد في المجتمع، وأتمنى من الله عز وجل أن يوفقني في عرض جميع النقاط والعناصر التي تتعلق بهذا الموضوع.
How many weeks in the Gregorian and Hijri year? The Gregorian year and the Hijri year are used in history, and there are a group of countries that use the Gregorian date or the so-called solar date as their primary date, and there are other countries that use the Hijri date or the lunar date, and each of the two dates have indications for the months and weeks in it. Through the reference site, we will learn about the number of weeks in each of the Gregorian and Hijri years.
How many weeks in a Gregorian and Hijri year?
Many peoples have adopted their own calendars, such as the Egyptian calendar, the Syriac calendar, the Persian calendar, the Bahai calendar, the Libyan Jamahiriya calendar, the Hebrew calendar, in addition to the Roman calendar. Although these calendars differ in their characteristics from each other, they can be divided into two main types: the solar based on the Earth’s rotation around the sun, called the Gregorian calendar, and the lunar one based on the moon’s rotation around the Earth, called the Hijri calendar. The number of weeks in each calendar varies as follows:
- Number of Weeks in the Gregorian Year: The number of weeks in the Gregorian year is approximately fifty-two weeks (52 weeks) and one day, as these weeks are distributed over 12 months, for an ordinary year. A leap year contains 52 weeks and two days.
- Number of weeks in the Hijri year: The Hijri year has weeks (approximately 51 weeks). The Hijri year includes twelve months, some of which have twenty-nine days, and some of them have thirty days. Therefore, the average total of the days of the Hijri year is 354 days, meaning that there is a difference between it and the Gregorian year of about 11 days.
Gregorian Year
The Gregorian year is considered a solar year, and the number of its days is 365, and sometimes it is 366 in a leap year. The Gregorian calendar is the universally used calendar. This name was given to the Gregorian calendar in reference to the birth of Jesus, peace be upon him. This calendar was also called the “Gregorian” calendar after Pope Gregory the thirteenth in Rome. Pope Gregory is also considered the one who modified the Greek calendar, to become the calendar we use today.[1]
How to calculate the weeks of the calendar year
The number of weeks in a calendar year can be calculated as follows:
- In an ordinary year: The Gregorian year has 365 days. One week consists of 7 days. The number of days in the Gregorian year is divided by the number of days of the week as follows: 365 days ÷ 7 days = 52,143 weeks. So the number of weeks in a calendar year equals 52 weeks and one day.
- Leap year: A leap year has 366 days. One week consists of 7 days. The number of days in a leap calendar year is divided by the number of days of the week as follows: 366 days ÷ 7 days = 52.268 weeks. So the number of weeks in a leap year is 52 weeks and 2 days.
Table of the months of the Gregorian calendar
Below we explain the months of the Gregorian year, as shown in the following table:
The order of the month The name of the month in Arabic The name of the month in English The number of days of the month The first month January thirty-one days The second month February twenty-eight or twenty-nine days The third month March thirty-one days The fourth month April thirty days The fifth month May thirty-one days the sixth month june thirty days the seventh month july thirty-one days the eighth month august thirty-one days the ninth month september thirty days the tenth month october thirty-one days the eleventh month november november thirty-one days the twelfth month december one thirty days
Reasons for naming the Gregorian months by their names
The Gregorian calendar is a universal calendar and dates back to the solar history glorification of twelve legendary Roman deities, as well as the glorification of two great Roman leaders, Julius Caesar and Augustus. Here are the reasons for naming each month of the Gregorian year:
- January Gates and Time Beginnings: January is named after “janus” the god of gates and temporal beginnings in the Romans and Greeks. It is derived from the Latin name Yanarius, which is the name of the Roman god “Janus” the sun god and the guardian of the gates of heaven.
- February is the month to celebrate purification: February is named after the word “febra” which means purification in Latin. In this month, the Romans celebrated the feasts of purification, so people would wash and clean amid religious rituals. It is the last month of the year for the Romans, and it was often on the fifteenth day among the Romans.
- Mars or Maritius, the mascot and the god of war: Mars, the Roman god of war, Maritius, was believed to bring good luck to start wars, and the Romans used to start the solar year with it.
- April, goddess of blooming: The name April is derived from the word “avril” and from the Latin name “aprilis”. This is either from the word “aperire” which means to open in reference to the manifestations of spring that appear in this month, or from the Etruscan word abro, which means the goddess of love, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and procreation.
- May or Maya, a symbol of honor and reverence: It is a name for the goddess “feminine deity” of the Romans “maya” and the mother of God Mercury, where the planet named after him is visible in this month in the sky, and the name of this month came from the name of the gods Maya, a symbol of honor and prestige, and for some of maturity and fertility The veneration, which was identical to the Roman goddess of fertility “Buna Dea”, was celebrated in the same month.
- June and the celebration of youth feasts: It is said that it goes back to the word “jonious” which means youth in Latin, where youth feasts are celebrated. Jupiter.
- July in honor of Julius Caesar: July, in relation to the Roman Emperor Julius Caesa, and was called before that “Quintilis”, which means the fifth month in the first calendar where the number five is pronounced as “quinque”, and its name also comes because it is the month in which Julius was born in it.
- August in glorification of the first Roman emperor: In relation to the Roman Emperor “Augustus”, he is the adopted son of Julius Caesar, and Emperor Octavius Augustus is the one who transformed Rome from a republic to an empire.
- September, the seventh month in the Latin language: The name comes from the Latin language and means “seventh month” from septem, meaning the number seven, which is its arrangement among the Romans.
- October and the number eight: Its name comes from the Latin “octo”, meaning the number eight, as the ancient Romans were counting the months of the year starting from March before adding the months of January and February to the Gregorian calendar.
- November and the number nine: The name goes back to the Latin “novem” meaning the number nine, meaning the ninth month of “nova”, which is its arrangement among the Romans.
- December and the number ten: December is derived from “deca”, meaning the number ten, which is its arrangement with the Romans.
Islamic New Year
The Hijri year, which is also called the lunar year, means the period of time that the moon needs to revolve around the globe twelve complete cycles, each cycle expressing one month, which means that the lunar year is twelve months, the length of one month ranges between twenty-nine to thirty days. The census of the Hijri date began from the first month of Muharram in the year of the migration of the Messenger – may God bless him and grant him peace – from Mecca to Medina, and that is why it was called the Hijri year. Because it is related to the incident of the migration of the Messenger – may God bless him and grant him peace -.
How to calculate the weeks of the Hijri year
The number of weeks in the Hijri year can be calculated as follows: The Hijri year consists of 354 days. One week consists of 7 days. The number of days in the Hijri year is divided by the number of days of the week as follows: 345 days ÷ 7 days = 50.57 weeks. So the number of weeks of the Hijri year equals 51 weeks.
Arrangement of the months of the Hijri calendar
The Hijri year consists of (12) Hijri or lunar months as it depends on the moon in calculating the dates of the months, and those months come according to the order that we will clarify in the following table:
Arrangement of the Hijri month in numbers Name of the month First month Muharram second month Safar month third month Rabi’ al-Awwal month fourth month Rabi’ al-Awwal fourth month Fifth month Jumada al-Awwal sixth month Jumada al-Akhirah seventh month Rajab month eighth month Sha’ban ninth month Ramadan month tenth month Shawwal The eleventh month, the month of Dhu al-Qa`dah, the twelfth month, the month of Dhu al-Hijjah
Reasons for naming the Hijri months by their names
The naming of the Hijri months goes back to the pre-Islamic era of Islam, especially 150 years before the Prophet’s mission, when the Arabs met at that time with “Kilab bin Murra” grandfather of the Prophet “peace be upon him” during the Hajj season and he asked the tribal chiefs to agree on names for the months. Because their names differed from one tribe to another. They agreed to name each month
- The month of Muharram: It was called by this name because it is the Muharram month, and it is one of the four sacred months, during which Muslims are not permitted to fight.
- The month of Safar: It was called so because Arab homes were whistling during it, meaning they were devoid of its people, because they went out in it in search of food and sustenance after the end of the sacred months, as they were traveling to escape the summer heat.
- Rabi` al-Awwal and Rabi` al-Thani: They were named by this name because they were named in the spring season
- Inanimate First and Inanimate Second: They are called by this name, because their name came in the winter season, in which water freezes.
- The month of Rajab: This name was given to it because it means greatness, and it is one of the months in which fighting is forbidden.
- Sha’ban: This month is called by that name because the Muslims in this month split into tribes for war and fighting after the sacred months of Muharram and Rajab.
- Ramadan: It is considered one of the greatest months of the Hijri year, because the Holy Qur’an was revealed in it and Muslims fast and draw close to God Almighty.
- Shawwal: It is the blessed month of Eid al-Fitr, when the camels wilt, i.e. their milk decreases and dries up, hence the name.
- Dhul-Qa’dah: It was called by that name because Muslims refrain from traveling and conquest in it, and it is one of the sacred months.
- Dhul-Hijjah: It is the last month of the Hijri year, in which is the day of Arafat and Eid al-Adha. It was called that because it is the pilgrimage season and Muslims go to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the purpose of the Sacred House of God.
The difference between the Gregorian and Hijri year
The Gregorian year differs from the Hijri year in several differences. The following explains the differences between the Gregorian and Hijri year:
- In terms of the reason for naming: The reason for naming each year is due to the following reasons:
- The reason for naming the Gregorian year goes back to the Gregorian calendar, which is known as the Gregorian calendar, which was put forward by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 AD in his desire to reform the Julian calendar.
- While the reason for naming the Hijri year goes back to the Hijri calendar, which is also known as the Islamic calendar, to the migration of the Prophet Muhammad – may God bless him and grant him peace – from Mecca to Medina.
- In terms of adopting the calendar: The Hijri year differs from the Gregorian year in terms of the countries that adopted them, according to the following:
- The Gregorian calendar began to be adopted in 1582 AD by the majority of Catholic countries in Europe, although it was initially rejected by Protestant and Eastern Orthodox countries, but with the passage of time it was adopted by most countries of the world.
- As for the Hijri calendar, or known as the lunar calendar, it depends in its calculation on the astronomical observation of the phases of the rising moon and the state of the crescent shortly after sunset. 16 of the Hijra, meaning that the hijri history began from the incident of the migration of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, to Medina.
- In terms of the number of months and days: The length of the Hijri and Gregorian year varies according to the number of months and days:
- The calendar year consists of 12 months in months and 365 days in days.
- The Hijri year also consists of 12 months, while it varies in the number of days, which is 354 days.
- In terms of the names of the months and their arrangement: each year begins with a month different from the other, as follows:
- The months of the calendar year begin in January and end in December.
- While the months of the Hijri year start from the month of Muharram and end with the month of Dhul-Hijjah.
With this amount of information, we have concluded today’s article, which was titled How many weeks in the Gregorian and Hijri year? We talked about the Gregorian and Hijri calendars. We also mentioned the most famous of the two calendars, in order, and the reason for naming each month after its name. At the conclusion of our article, we mentioned the difference between the Gregorian year and the Hijri year.
خاتمة لموضوعنا كم اسبوع بالسنة الميلادية والهجرية ,وفي نهاية الموضوع، أتمنى من الله تعالى أن أكون قد استطعت توضيح كافة الجوانب التي تتعلق بهذا الموضوع، وأن أكون قدمت معلومات مفيدة وقيمة.