when will muharram start 2011?
Islamic calendar
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 December 2012 marked the conclusion of a b 'ak 'tun — a time period in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar , used in Central America prior to the arrival of Europeans . Although the Long Count was most likely invented by the Olmec , it has become closely associated with the Maya civilization , whose classic period lasted from 250 to 900 AD . The writing system of the classic Maya has been substantially deciphered , meaning that a corpus of their written and inscribed material has survived from before the European conquest . 

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 In 1975 , the ending of b 'ak 'tun 13 became the subject of speculation by several New Age authors , who asserted it would correspond with a global " transformation of consciousness . " In Mexico Mystique : The Coming Sixth Age of Consciousness , Frank Waters tied Coe 's original date of 24 December 2011 to astrology and the prophecies of the Hopi , while both José Argüelles ( in The Transformative Vision ) and Terence McKenna ( in The Invisible Landscape ) discussed the significance of the year 2012 without mentioning a specific day . 

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 In 2015 it started from 1 January and went until 1 February , but , The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai announced the cessation of all entertainment and musical activities related to the Dubai Shopping Festival for 3 days , starting from Friday , 23 January to Sunday , 25 January due to the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz former ruler of Saudi Arabia . 

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 The military sought to maintain an impression of normality . Just before Ramadan was to begin on 26 September , the Ministry of War publicly announced that military personnel could register to take leave to perform a Umrah ( pilgrimage ) in Mecca . Egyptian newspapers announced that sailboat races would be held , participants of which included several high @-@ ranking officers of the Egyptian Navy . In addition , a visit planned for October 8 ( two days after the scheduled attack ) by the Romanian Minister of Defense to Egypt was also publicized by the Ministry of War , and a program for his visit was announced . This coincidental visit would be promptly canceled once war broke out on 6 October , but it proved useful as part of the deception plan . 

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 The idea that the year 2012 presaged a world cataclysm , the end of the world , or the end of human civilization , became a subject of popular media speculation as the date of 21 December 2012 approached . This idea was promulgated by many pages on the Internet , particularly on YouTube . The Discovery Channel was criticized for its " quasi @-@ documentaries " about the subject that " sacrifice [ d ] accuracy for entertainment . " 
