Start of epoch for Islamic observational calendar doesn't match CLDR/ICU4C

[anba]

CLDR and ICU4C both use July 15, 622 CE as the start of the epoch for the Islamic observational calendar:

• https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/c1dc8c7ef6584668345cf741e51b1722d8114bc8/common/supplemental/supplementalData.xml#L4682-L4711
• https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/3235c38f24711a86d7fc5adf5e536bf6a4f1d10a/icu4c/source/i18n/islamcal.h#L33-L36

Whereas ICU4X uses July 16, 622 CE:

• icu4x/utils/calendrical_calculations/src/islamic.rs

  Lines 7 to 9 in 5e7585c

  	// Different islamic calendars use different epochs (Thursday vs Friday) due to disagreement on the exact date of Mohammed's migration to Mecca.
  	/// Lisp code reference: <https://github.com/EdReingold/calendar-code2/blob/main/calendar.l#L2066>
  	const FIXED_ISLAMIC_EPOCH_FRIDAY: RataDie = crate::julian::fixed_from_julian(622, 7, 16);

Does it make sense to align ICU4X with CLDR/ICU4C?

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According to CLDR, only "islamic-civil" should use July 16, 622 CE, but interestingly ICU4C also uses July 16, 622 CE for "islamic-umalqura". When calling ICU4C through Intl.DateTimeFormat:

js> new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en", {calendar:"islamic", timeZone:"UTC"}).format(Date.parse("0622-07-19T00:00:00.000Z")) 
"1/2/1 AH"
js> new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en", {calendar:"islamic-civil", timeZone:"UTC"}).format(Date.parse("0622-07-19T00:00:00.000Z"))
"1/1/1 AH"
js> new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en", {calendar:"islamic-tbla", timeZone:"UTC"}).format(Date.parse("0622-07-19T00:00:00.000Z"))  
"1/2/1 AH"
js> new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en", {calendar:"islamic-umalqura", timeZone:"UTC"}).format(Date.parse("0622-07-19T00:00:00.000Z"))
"1/1/1 AH"

In comparison when implementing Temporal using ICU4X:

js> Temporal.PlainDate.from({calendar:"islamic", year: 1, month: 1, day: 1}).toString()       
"0622-07-19[u-ca=islamic]"
js> Temporal.PlainDate.from({calendar:"islamic-civil", year: 1, month: 1, day: 1}).toString()
"0622-07-19[u-ca=islamic-civil]"
js> Temporal.PlainDate.from({calendar:"islamic-tbla", year: 1, month: 1, day: 1}).toString()  
"0622-07-18[u-ca=islamic-tbla]"
js> Temporal.PlainDate.from({calendar:"islamic-umalqura", year: 1, month: 1, day: 1}).toString()
"0622-07-18[u-ca=islamic-umalqura]"

[sffc]

@roozbehp, do you have thoughts on this?

Reingold says on page 106:

The calendar is computed, by the majority of the Muslim world, starting at sunset of Thursday, July 15, 622 c. e. (Julian), the year of Mohammed’ s migration to Medina from Mecca. 2 The introduction of the calendar is often attributed to the Caliph ‘Umar in 639 c. e., but there is evidence that it was in use before his succession. In essence, Muslims count r. d. 227015 = Friday, July 16, 622 c. e. (Julian) as the beginning of the Islamic year 1, that is, as Muḥarram 1, a. h. 3 1, and thus we define islamic-epoch def () = fixed-from-julian 622 c. e. july 16 (7.1)