About Rabi al-Awwal
Rabi al-Awwal (رَبِيع ٱلْأَوَّل) is the third month of the Hijri calendar. Its name means “The first spring.” The third month. Many communities commemorate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid), traditionally observed on 12 Rabi al-Awwal.
Like every Hijri month it has 29 or 30 days, determined in the Umm al-Qura calendar by the official tables and in the tabular calendar by a fixed arithmetic rule. Because the lunar month depends on the sighting of the new crescent, the exact first day can differ by a day from the calculated date.
Dates in Rabi al-Awwal
- Mawlid an-Nabi — 12 Rabi al-Awwal. The birth of the Prophet Muhammad, commemorated by many communities on 12 Rabi al-Awwal.