Mawlid 2021 date was May 2 (Eastern) . the last night of the month of Sha'ban is when the festival begins . Mawlid 2018 date was Fri 24 Aug . 11 days after the start is when this festival ends  . The common name of the festival Arabic: عيد الفطر is Mawlid . Mawlid is also called Havliye,Navratri,Tang-cheh (冬節),Rakhi Pournima,Dongji (동지) . The festival is observed by Burkina Faso,Senegal,Gambia,Kuwait,Mauritania,Iran,India,Bangladesh,Pakistan,Somalia,Shia Islam and various other Islamic denominations. As a public holiday in Afghanistan,Sudan,Chad,Benin,Oman,Roman Republic,Algeria,Indonesia,and Yemen,Iraq,Mali,Libya,Maldives,Niger,Lebanon,Tunisia,Bahrain,Nigeria,Egypt,Malaysia,Morocco,Brunei,Adherents of mainstream Sunni Islam,Kyrgyzstan,Jordan . The Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday is when Mawlid is celebrated . Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492,Traditional commemoration of the birth of Muhammad are the significance of the Mawlid festival . family and other social gatherings,Tasbih,Hamd rituals are observed in this festival . The festival involves celebrating last day: processions . The frequency of this festival is Biannual . Mawlid is of national type . Mawlid is related to Nativity Fast . Mawlid 2020 date was Monday, 9 March . Mawlid 2019 date was Tuesday, 5 February, Pig
Mawlid was celebrated on different date in different year