Editing Islamic calendar (section)

==== Afghan lunar calendar ====
The "Afghan lunar calendar" refers to two distinct naming systems for the months of the Hijri calendar, one of which was used by the [[Pashtuns]] and the other by the [[Hazaras]]. They were in use until the time of [[Amanullah Khan]]'s reign, when the usage of the [[Solar Hijri Calendar]] was formalized across Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Klaus |first=Ferdinand |date=1959 |title=Preliminary notes on Hazāra culture: The Danish Scientific Mission to Afghanistan 1953-55 |url=https://www.royalacademy.dk/Publications/Low/632_Ferdinand,%20Klaus.pdf |journal={{Interlanguage link|Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser|qid=Q100906806}} |publisher=[[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]] |publication-place=Copenhagen |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=44–46 |quote=Until the time of Amānullāh, the Hazāras used the following terms to indicate the Mohammedan lunar months: ''Ashur'', (...) ''Safar'', ''Algho-i-awwal'', ''Algho-i-doyum'', ''Algho-i-seyum'', ''Algho-i-chārum'', ''Rejāb'', ''Shabo'', ''Ramazo'', ''Id mah'', ''Khāli'', ''Qurbo''.}}</ref><ref>{{Encyclopædia Iranica Online|year=1990|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/calendars#prettyPhoto[content]/20/|access-date=7 April 2024|first=Daniel|last=Balland|title=The Afghan lunar calendar}} "Pashto: Ḥasan-o-Ḥosayn, Ṣafara, Lumṛəy ḵо̄r, Dwayəma ḵо̄r, Drēyəma ḵо̄r, Calarəma ḵо̄r, Ḵodāytaʻālā myāšt, Barāt, Rо̄ža, Waṛakay aḵtar, Mīānī, Lо̄y aḵtar. Hazāragī: ʻĀšūr, Ṣafar, Alḡо̄-ye awwal, Alḡо̄-ye dovvom, Alḡо̄-ye sevvom, Alḡо̄-ye čahārom, Rajab, Ša'bо̄, Ramażо̄, ʻĪd, Ḵālī, Qorbо̄."</ref>

With effect from March 2022, the [[Government of Afghanistan]] has formally ceased use Solar Hijri calendar in favour of the Lunar Hijri calendar.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 March 2022 |title=Taliban Changes Solar Year to Hijri Lunar Calendar |url=https://8am.af/eng/taliban-changes-solar-year-to-hijri-lunar-calendar/ |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=Hasht-e Subh Daily |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904224713/https://8am.af/eng/taliban-changes-solar-year-to-hijri-lunar-calendar/ |archive-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>