What is the Hijri date today?

The box at the top of this page shows today's Hijri date, calculated live in your browser the moment the page loads — no server, no tracking, no sign-up. It uses the tabular (civil) Islamic calendar, the same arithmetic behind most online Hijri converters, and cross-checks it against your device's own Islamic calendar setting.

How the Islamic calendar works

The Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar: each month begins with the new moon and lasts 29 or 30 days, so a Hijri year is 354 days (355 in a leap year) — about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year. Because of this, Islamic dates drift earlier through the Gregorian calendar every year: Ramadan, the two Eids and Hajj each arrive roughly 11 days sooner than the year before. The era counts from the Hijra, the Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ migration to Madinah in 622 CE — hence "AH" (Anno Hegirae).

Why do Hijri dates differ between websites?

Traditionally a new Islamic month begins only when the crescent moon is sighted, and sighting depends on geography, weather and method. Calculated calendars (tabular, Umm al-Qura) approximate this with fixed arithmetic, so two converters can disagree by a day — sometimes two — and both are "correct" within their system. For fasting, Eid and Hajj, always confirm with your local mosque or Islamic authority.

💡 Living in Europe? Knowing the Hijri date helps you plan ahead: request Eid days off work early, watch for Ramadan timetables in your city, and note that Islamic dates start at sunset — so "1 Ramadan" begins the evening before the listed day.

How to use the converter

  1. Gregorian → Hijri: pick any date between 1900 and 2100 (a birthday, an anniversary) and see its Hijri equivalent instantly.
  2. Hijri → Gregorian: choose a Hijri day, month and year to find the matching Gregorian date — handy for converting dates from Islamic documents.
  3. Countdowns: the "Coming up" cards show how many days remain until Ramadan 1448 and Eid al-Fitr, so you can prepare in time.