. . . . . 30
Shaaban . . . . . . . . 29
Ramadan . . . . . . . . 30
Shawall (Shawwal) . . . 29
Dulkaada (Dhu'l Qa'da) 30
Dulheggia (Dhu'l Hijja) 29 )
and in intercalary )
years . . . . . . . . 30 )

The ninth month, Ramad[=a]n, is the month of Abstinence observed by the
Moslems.

The Moslem calendar may evidently be carried on indefinitely by successive
addition, observing only to allow for the additional day that occurs in the
bissextile and intercalary years; but for any remote date the computation
according to the preceding rules will be most efficient, and such
computation may be usefully employed as a check on the accuracy of any
considerable extension of the calendar by induction alone.

The following table, taken from Woolhouse's _Measures, Weights and Moneys
of all Nations_, shows the dates of commencement of Mahommedan years from
1845 up to 2047, or from the 43rd to the 49th cycle inclusive, which form
the whole of the seventh period of seven cycles. Throughout the next period
of seven cycles, and all other like periods, the days of the week will
recur in exactly the same order. All the tables of this kind previously
published, which extend beyond the year 1900 of the Christian era, are
erroneous, not excepting the celebrated French work, _L'Art de verifier les
dates_, so justly regarded as the greatest authority in chronological
matters. The errors have probably arisen from a continued excess of 10 in
the discrimination of the intercalary years.

TABLE IX.--_Mahommedan Years._

43rd Cycle. 46th Cycle. (continued.)
Year of Commencement Year of Commencement
Hegira. (1st of Muharram). Hegira. (1st of Muharram).
1261 Frid. 10 Jan. 1845 1365 Thur. 6 Dec. 1945
1262* Tues. 30 Dec. 1845 1366* Mon. 25 Nov. 1946
1263 Sun. 20 Dec. 1846 1367 Sat. 15 Nov. 1947
1264 Thur. 9 Dec. 1847 1368* Wed. 3 Nov. 1948
1265* Mon. 27 Nov. 1848 1369 Mon. 24 Oct. 1949
1266 Sat. 17 Nov. 1849 1370 Frid. 13 Oct. 1950
1267* Wed. 6 Nov. 1850 1371* Tues. 2 Oct. 1951
1268 Mon. 27 Oct. 1851 1372 Sun. 21 Sept. 1952
1269 Frid. 15 Oct. 1852 1373 Thur. 10 Sept. 1953
1270* Tues. 4 Oct. 1853 1374* Mon. 30 Aug. 1954
1271 Sun. 24 Sept. 1854 1375 Sat. 20 Aug. 1955
1272 Thur. 13 Sept.