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How do you convert a Gregorian date to Hijri, and Hijri to Gregorian?

Use the converter above. Pick a Gregorian date, or type a Hijri day, month and year, and press the button for the other calendar. For example, 1 January 2027 is 23 Rajab 1448 AH, and 1 Ramadan 1448 AH is expected on Monday, 8 February 2027.

Every result is the Umm al-Qura calendar's date. A mosque that starts its months by moon sighting may be a day or two behind it. If you have set an adjustment under today's date, a tick box above the converter lets you apply it to what you convert. The converter then also shows when the same Hijri date next comes round, which is useful for a Hijri anniversary or birthday.

Because the Hijri day begins at sunset, an event after sunset belongs to the next Hijri date. The converter gives the date of the civil day, so for an evening event, use the following day's Hijri date.

What are the twelve months of the Islamic calendar?

Twelve lunar months of 29 or 30 days make up the Islamic year. The Quran says:

إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِى كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْهَآ أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ

"Indeed, the number of the months with Allah is twelve months by Allah's ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred."

At-Tawbah 9:36

The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, named the four sacred months in a hadith narrated by Abu Bakrah, may Allah be pleased with him: Dhul Qa'dah, Dhul Hijjah and Muharram in a row, and Rajab, between Jumada and Sha'ban.

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Arabic names as the Unicode CLDR gives them. The fourth month is also called Rabi al-Akhir, and the sixth Jumada al-Thaniyah.

What day of the Islamic month is it today?

The line under the date at the top gives the day of the month and how many days the month has, so in Muharram it answers "what day of Muharram is today" directly.

As for the new moon this month: the next month is expected to begin the day after the current month's last day, the 29th or 30th. By the Umm al-Qura rule, the astronomical new moon has already passed before sunset at Makkah on the evening before. Where the month starts by sighting, it may begin a day or two later.

What year is it in the Islamic calendar?

It is 1448 AH. Sahl ibn Sa'd, may Allah be pleased with him, said the companions counted the years from the Prophet's arrival in Madinah, the Hijrah, and not from his first revelation or his death. That year was 622 in the Western calendar.

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Each Hijri year starts on 1 Muharram. By the calculation, 1 Muharram 1449 AH is expected on 6 June 2027. Because twelve lunar months are about 354 days, the new year comes 10 or 11 days earlier each Gregorian year.

Ashura also falls in Muharram. Al-Tirmidhi records that scholars differed over whether it is the 9th or the 10th of the month, after a hadith that names the 10th. By the calculation, 9 Muharram 1449 AH is expected on Monday, 14 June 2027 and 10 Muharram on Tuesday, 15 June 2027.

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How is today's Hijri date worked out?

Today's date in the Umm al-Qura calendar comes from your browser. Umm al-Qura is the calculated lunar calendar Saudi Arabia uses for civil purposes. Since 1423 AH (2002) its rule has been simple: on the evening of the 29th, if the new moon has passed before sunset at Makkah and the moon sets after the sun, the next day starts a new month. If not, the month runs to 30 days.

• Your device's date. The tool reads the date on your phone or computer, so it shows the right day wherever you are, provided the device's date is right.
• No date tables. The calendar is built into your browser (the Unicode and ICU calendar data most browsers share). We tested it on 22 October 2026 against van Gent's computed Umm al-Qura first days of Muharram, Ramadan, Shawwal and Dhul Hijjah from 1422 to 1448 AH, and every one matched.
• Older browsers. If a browser lacks the Umm al-Qura calendar, the tool says so and uses the arithmetical Islamic calendar instead, which can differ by a day or two.

Why might my mosque's Islamic date be different?

Calculation and sighting can land on different days. The Umm al-Qura calendar is calculated in advance, and its makers know the crescent may not be seen until up to two days later. So a mosque that starts each month by an actual sighting may be a day or two behind the calculated date. Communities that follow sighting have differed from it by one, two or even three days, most noticeably around Ramadan and Dhul Hijjah.

A day ahead is rarer. Saudi Arabia's announced dates for religious months have sometimes come a day before the calculation, so a mosque that follows those announcements can be a day ahead.

In Pakistan, official dates follow the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, whose chairman announces each sighting after the evening of the 29th, so they can differ from the calculated date. Check the committee's latest announcement, then adjust. The buttons under today's date move it up to two days behind or one day ahead, and your choice is remembered on this device. For which method to follow, ask a scholar you trust.

When does the Islamic date change, at midnight or at sunset?

Calendars on phones change the date at midnight. In Islamic usage the day begins at sunset, so the night comes before its day: the evening before 1 Ramadan is already the first night of Ramadan. The scholar al-Biruni, writing about 1,000 years ago, explained why. The months began with the new moon, first seen around sunset, so the day was counted from sunset to sunset.

At the top you see the Hijri date of the civil day. After sunset, read the "Tomorrow" line as the Hijri date that has already begun.

What is the dua for the new moon?

In the Quran, the new moons are fixed times for people and for the pilgrimage:

۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِىَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ

"They ask you, (O Muhammad), of new moons, say: They are fixed seasons for mankind and for the pilgrimage."

Al-Baqarah 2:189

Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that on seeing the new crescent the Prophet would say this dua. It is graded differently: some scholars accept it, some of them only through its supporting routes, and others grade it weak because of a weak narrator in its chain.

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Its last words speak to the crescent itself. The hadith gives no reward and no number of repetitions.