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A calendar concept employing the Islamic and Gregorian calendar systems. The Islamic calendar, or Al-Hijri calendar, is a lunar calendar system utilized by some Islamic countries and Muslims all over the world to mark festivals and important events relating to the Islamic faith. The calendar consists of twelve months, as in the Gregorian calendar, however with the slight alteration of having between 29 and 30 days rather than 30 and 31. Also, being a lunar system, each month of the Islamic calendar follows the course of the moon’s monthly cycle - which is often irregular and unpredictable. This causes the calendar to vary in alignment compared to the Gregorian calendar in a cycle that repeats every 33 lunar years. This calendar shows the Al-Hijri calendar for three Islamic years with a Gregorian calendar for comparison.