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Hijri calendar converter
Note: this converter uses the tabular (arithmetical) Islamic calendar. The observational calendar, based on sighting the new moon, can differ from the result by 1 to 2 days. Religious dates follow the announcements of local authorities.
Approximate Ramadan and Eid, 2024 to 2030
Tabular calendar dates; the observational calendar can differ by 1 to 2 days.
| Hijri year | Start of Ramadan | Eid al-Fitr | Eid al-Adha |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1445 AH | Mar 10, 2024 | Apr 9, 2024 | Jun 16, 2024 |
| 1446 AH | Feb 28, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| 1447 AH | Feb 17, 2026 | Mar 19, 2026 | May 26, 2026 |
| 1448 AH | Feb 7, 2027 | Mar 9, 2027 | May 16, 2027 |
| 1449 AH | Jan 27, 2028 | Feb 26, 2028 | May 4, 2028 |
| 1450 AH | Jan 15, 2029 | Feb 14, 2029 | Apr 23, 2029 |
| 1451 AH | Jan 5, 2030 | Feb 4, 2030 | Apr 13, 2030 |
| 1452 AH | Dec 25, 2030 | Jan 24, 2031 | Apr 2, 2031 |
Why the Islamic year drifts through the calendar
The Hijri calendar is purely lunar: 12 months of 29 or 30 days add up to 354 or 355 days, about 11 days short of the solar year. That is why Ramadan starts 10 to 12 days earlier each Gregorian year and travels through every season over a cycle of roughly 33 years: whoever fasted through long summer days will, a decade later, fast through short winter ones. The count starts at the Hijra, the migration of the prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE.
In Saudi Arabia the Islamic calendar is in civil use, in its calculated Umm al-Qura version: holidays, official dates and paperwork use the Hijri year. This converter uses the tabular calendar, a fixed arithmetical scheme with a 30 year cycle and 11 leap years, the same one historians and computer systems adopt precisely because it is predictable. For day to day religious life, the announcements of local authorities, based on moon sighting, are what count.
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