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Hijri date converter
Today’s Islamic date, and a quick way to convert dates between the Hijri and Gregorian calendars.
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This converter uses the Umm al-Qura calendar, the official calendar of Saudi Arabia. In Pakistan, India, the UK and elsewhere the month often starts by local moon sighting, so the date there can differ by a day. For Eid and fasting, follow your local moon-sighting announcement.
What is the Hijri calendar?
The Hijri calendar is lunar: each month has 29 or 30 days and the year has about 354 days, 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year. That is why Ramadan comes about 11 days earlier every year. It counts from the year the Prophet ﷺ migrated (the Hijrah) from Makkah to Madinah.
Lesson: learn the Hijri months in Arabic →
The Islamic months
| # | Arabic | Name | About |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مُحَرَّم | Muharram | The first month and one of the four sacred months. The 10th is ʿĀshūrāʾ. |
| 2 | صَفَر | Safar | The second month. |
| 3 | رَبِيع الأَوَّل | Rabiʿ al-Awwal | The month in which the Prophet ﷺ was born, according to most historians. |
| 4 | رَبِيع الآخِر | Rabiʿ al-Akhir (al-Thani) | The fourth month. |
| 5 | جُمَادَى الأُولَى | Jumada al-Ula | The fifth month. |
| 6 | جُمَادَى الآخِرَة | Jumada al-Akhirah | The sixth month. |
| 7 | رَجَب | Rajab | One of the four sacred months. |
| 8 | شَعْبَان | Shaʿban | The month before Ramadan, in which the Prophet ﷺ fasted often. |
| 9 | رَمَضَان | Ramadan | The month of fasting, in which the Quran was first revealed (2:185). |
| 10 | شَوَّال | Shawwal | Eid al-Fitr is on the 1st. Six fasts in Shawwal are sunnah. |
| 11 | ذُو القَعْدَة | Dhu al-Qaʿdah | One of the four sacred months. |
| 12 | ذُو الحِجَّة | Dhu al-Hijjah | The month of Hajj. The 9th is the Day of ʿArafah and the 10th is Eid al-Adha. A sacred month. |
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