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Calendar 1396

The Afghan calendar month by month, with Shamsi, Qamari and Gregorian dates, sunrise and sunset, the Qamari months and the Eids, and the whole year to print.

Calendar for 1396

The Shamsi year 1396 has 365 days: from Tuesday, 1 Hamal 1396 (21 March 2017) to Tuesday, 29 Hut 1396 (20 March 2018). It is not a leap year: Hut has 29 days. It overlaps the Qamari years 1438 and 1439 and the Gregorian years 2017 and 2018.

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Spring

HamalJumada al-Thani to Rajab 1438March to April 2017
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SawrRajab to Shaban 1438April to May 2017
SaSuMoTuWeThFr 124212252232623427245282562926712782289329104301151126213731484159516106171171812819139201410211511221612231713241814251915262016272117282218292319302420312521
JawzaShaban to Ramadan 1438May to June 2017
SaSuMoTuWeThFr 126222272332824429255302661277228832994301053111611272138314941510516116171271813819149201510211611221712231813241914252015262116272217282318292419302520312621

Summer

SaratanRamadan to Shawwal 1438June to July 2017
SaSuMoTuWeThFr 127222282332924412552266327742885299630107111821293131041411515126161371714818159191610201711211812221913232014242115252216262317272418282519292620302721312822
AsadShawwal to Dhu al-Qadah 1438July to August 2017
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SunbulaDhu al-Hijjah 1438 to Muharram 1439August to September 2017
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Autumn

MizanMuharram to Safar 1439September to October 2017
SaSuMoTuWeThFr 132324243525462657276828792981030911110122111331214413155141661517716188171991820101921112022122123132224142325152426162527172628182729192830202912130222
AqrabSafar to Rabi al-Awwal 1439October to November 2017
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QawsRabi al-Awwal to Rabi al-Thani 1439November to December 2017
SaSuMoTuWeThFr 142225233624472558266927710288112991230101311114212153131641417515186161971720818219192210202311212412222513232614242715252816262917273018281192922030321

Winter

JadiRabi al-Thani to Jumada al-Awwal 1439December 2017 to January 2018
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DalwJumada al-Awwal to Jumada al-Thani 1439January to February 2018
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HutJumada al-Thani to Rajab 1439February to March 2018
SaSuMoTuWeThFr 142025213622472358246925710268112791228101311114212153131641417515186161971720818219192210202311212412222513232614242715252816262917271182821929320

Nowruz and the seasons

Nowruz, new year and first day of springTuesday, 1 Hamal21 March 2017
First day of summerThursday, 1 Saratan22 June 2017
First day of autumnSaturday, 1 Mizan23 September 2017
First day of winterFriday, 1 Jadi22 December 2017

The Qamari new year, Ramadan and the Eids

In 1396, by calculation:

QamariShamsiGregorian
Ramadan begins1 Ramadan 1438Saturday, 6 Jawza27 May 2017
Eid al-Fitr1 Shawwal 1438Sunday, 4 Saratan25 June 2017
Eid al-Adha10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1438Friday, 10 Sunbula1 September 2017
Qamari new year1 Muharram 1439Thursday, 30 Sunbula21 September 2017
Qamari date

Qamari dates are calculated with the Umm al-Qura calendar. In Afghanistan a month begins when the new moon is sighted, so the date can be a day earlier or later.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise, sunset, first light and nightfall for every day of the year, in Kabul and the 33 other provincial capitals, with a table to print:

Sunrise and sunset in Kabul

Other years