Milad-un-Nabi 2025, Sept. 4 -- Milad-un-Nabi also known as Eid-e Milad or Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif, is one of the most significant festivals for Muslims around the world. Widely celebrated by the Sufi and Barelvi sects, this day commemorates the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed and depends on the sighting of the moon.

Enthusiastically and fervently observed by followers of Islam, this day falls in the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar called the Rabi' al-Awwal.

The list of Gazetted holidays states that Milad-un-Nabi festival will be observed on September 5, Friday. On this day, government and private schools and offices will remain closed. It is important to note that Sunnis observe it on the 12th of Rabi al-awwal while Shi...