Well, the Hijri date 16 Safar 1362 corresponds to the Gregorian date Saturday, 20 February 1943. This date lies in the second month of the Hijri year 1362 AH, which is Safar of 1362 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Saturday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1362/02/16 is calculated using the Umm Al-Qura calendar and the sighting of the moon. One thing to remember is that this Arabic date may occur on different Gregorian date depending upon the region and country and obviously the moon.
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The following is the conversion of the Gregorian date 20 February 1943 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 16 Safar 1362 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةًۭ يُعْبَدُونَ
And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped beside the Beneficent?
Surah Az-Zukhruf(43:45)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Eclipses
Chapter: The first Rak'a of the eclipse prayer is longer
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (ﷺ) led us and performed four bowing in two rak`at during the solar eclipse and the first rak`a was longer.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1064
