Well, the Hijri date 4 Shaban 1408 corresponds to the Gregorian date Tuesday, 22 March 1988. This date lies in the eighth month of the Hijri year 1408 AH, which is Shaban of 1408 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Tuesday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1408/08/04 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 22 March 1988 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 4 Shaban 1408 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.
Surah Ash-Shu'araa(26:45)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Invocations
Chapter: The invocation on making Istikharah
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach us the Istikhara for each and every matter as he used to teach us the Suras from the Holy Qur'an. (He used to say), "If anyone of you intends to do something, he should offer a two-rak`at prayer other than the obligatory prayer, and then say: 'Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi'ilmika, wa astaqdiruka biqudratika, wa as'aluka min fadlika-l-'azim, fa innaka taqdiru wala aqdiru, wa ta'lamu wala a'lamu, wa anta'allamu-l-ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta'lamu anna hadha-lamra khairun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa 'aqibati `Amri (or said, fi 'ajili `Amri wa ajilihi) fa-qdurhu li, Wa in kunta ta'lamu anna ha-dha-l-amra sharrun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa 'aqibati `Amri (or said, fi ajili `Amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu 'anni was-rifni 'anhu wa aqdur li alkhaira haithu kana, thumma Raddani bihi," Then he should mention his matter (need).
Sahih al-Bukhari 6382
