Jumada al-ula

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Jumada al-ula is the fifth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally associated with the dry season in pre-Islamic Arabia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jumada al-awwal 2
Jumada al-ula canonical 2
Jumada I 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic calendar month
month
alsoKnownAs Jumada I
linked to: Jumada al-ula

Jumada al-awwal
linked to: Jumada al-ula
associatedWith pre-Islamic Arabia
averageLengthInDays 29 or 30
calendarSystem Hijri calendar
calendarType lunar
chronologicalRole fifth month of Hijri year
culturalSignificance part of traditional Arab month names
determinedBy lunar sighting
doesNotAlignWith fixed Gregorian month
etymologyRelatedTo dryness
follows Rabi al-thani
hasVariableStart yes
languageOfName Arabic
occursEvery Islamic year
pairedWith Jumada al-akhirah
linked to: Jumada al-akhira
partOf Islamic lunar calendar
positionInCalendar 5
pre-IslamicFunction seasonal marker
precedes Jumada al-akhirah
religiousContext Islam
scriptOfName Arabic script
shiftsThrough Gregorian seasons
traditionalAssociation dry season
usedBy Muslims
usedIn Islamic calendar
linked to: Hijri calendar

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic lunar calendar hasMonth Jumada al-ula
Hijri calendar hasMonth Jumada al-ula
Jumada al-ula alsoKnownAs Jumada al-awwal
linked to: Jumada al-ula
Jumada al-ula alsoKnownAs Jumada I
linked to: Jumada al-ula
Jumada al-akhira follows Jumada al-awwal
linked to: Jumada al-ula