Jumada al-Thani

{{Short description|Sixth month of the Islamic calendar}}

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{{Infobox month

| native_name = {{Native name|ar|جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِي}}

| calendar = Islamic calendar

| num = 6

| days = 29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)

| season =

| gregorian =

| holidays =

| prev_month = Jumada al-awwal

| next_month = Rajab

}}

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Jumada al-Thani ({{langx|ar|جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِي| Jumādā ath-Thānī|lit=The second Jumada}}), also known as Jumada al-Akhirah ({{langx|ar|جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِرَة|link=no|Jumādā al-ʾĀkhirah|lit=The final Jumada}}), Jumada al-Akhir ({{langx|ar|جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِر|link=no|Jumādā al-ʾĀkhir}}), or Jumada II, is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar. The word Jumda ({{langx|ar|جمد}}), from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry, parched land, a land devoid of rain.{{cn|date=May 2020}} Jumādā ({{langx|ar|جُمَادَىٰ}}) may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze in pre-Islamic Arabia during this time of year.