Jumada al-Thani, also known as ****Jumada al-Akhirah , Jumada al-Akhir , or Jumada II, is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar. The word Jumda, from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry, parched land, a land devoid of rain. Jumādā may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze in pre-Islamic Arabia during this time of year. In Ottoman Turkish, the month was called Jèmāzìyyu-'l-ākhir, or G̃emazi-yèl- A her. The month's Turkish abbreviation was jìm', and its Latin abbreviation was ''Djem. II''. This is also spelled Cümadelahir or Cümâd-el-âhire. The modern Turkish spellings are Cemaziyelahir and Cemaziyelsani.

Timing

The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Jumada al-Thani migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Jumada al-Thani are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia ):

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