Islamic Calendar 2026

Shawwal 1447 – Thul-Qi’dah 1447

The Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, consisting of 12 months  of 354 or 355 days. As it is a lunar calendar, there is an annual drift of 10 days, which means that it is not synchronized with the seasons, with the dates being repeated every 33 years.

Using the Islamic calendar below, you can find the days of Eid as well as the projected start dates for each month, based upon calculation.

Previous year’s calendars:

2025

Key Islamic Dates:

Key Islamic datesGregorian dateHijri date
Al Isra' wal Mi'rajJanuary 17, 2026 (begins evening of January 16, 2026)27 Rajab 1447H
Shab-e-Barat (Mid-Sha'ban)February 3, 2026 (begins evening of February 2, 2026)15 Sha'ban 1447H
1st RamadanFebruary 19, 2026 (begins evening of February 18, 2026)1 Ramadan 1447H
Laylatul QadrEvening of February 28,
March 2, March 4, March 6, March 8, 2026		27 Ramadan 1447H
Eid al-FitrMarch 21, 2026 (begins evening of March 20, 2026)1 Shawwal 1447H
Dhul Hijjah beginsMay 18, 20261 Dhul-Hijjah 1447H
Hajj beginsMay 25, 20268 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447H
The Day of ArafahMay 26, 2026 (begins evening of May 25, 2026)9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447H
Eid al-AdhaMay 27, 2026 (begins evening of May 26, 2026)10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447H
Beginning of the Islamic New YearJune 17, 20261 Muharram 1448H
Day of AshuraJune 26, 202610 Muharram 1448H
12th Rabi Al AwwalAugust 25, 2026 (begins evening of August 24, 2026)12 Rabi al-Awwal 1448H

The following Hijri calendar is in accordance with Makkah. Dates may vary, in accordance to moon local sightings, therefore it is advisable to refer to your local mosque calendar in case of any doubt:

January 2026
Rajab – Sha’ban 1447  

M T W T F S S
1
12		 2
13		 3
14		 4
15
5
16		 6
17		 7
18		 8
19		 9
20		 10
21		 11
22
12
23		 13
24		 14
25		 15
26		 16
27		 17
28		 18
29
19
30		 20
1		 21
2		 22
3		 23
4		 24
5		 25
6
26
7		 27
8		 28
9		 29
10		 30
11		 31
12

February 2026
Sha’ban – Ramadan 1447

M T W T F S S
1
13
2
14		 3
15		 4
16		 5
17		 6
18		 7
19		 8
20
9
21		 10
22		 11
23		 12
24		 13
25		 14
26		 15
27
16
28		 17
29		 18
1		 19
2		 20
3		 21
4		 22
5
23
6		 24
7		 25
8		 26
9		 27
10		 28
11

March 2026
Ramadan – Shawwal 1447

M T W T F S S
1
12		 2
13		 3
14		 4
15		 5
16
6
17		 7
18		 8
19		 9
20		 10
21		 11
22		 12
23
13
24		 14
25		 15
26		 16
27		 17
28		 18
29		 19
30
20
1		 21
2		 22
3		 23
4		 24
5		 25
6		 26
7
27
8		 28
9		 29
10		 30
11		 31
12

April 2026
Shawwal – Dhul Qa’dah 1447

M T W T F S S
1
13		 2
14		 3
15		 4
16		 5
17
6
18		 7
19		 8
20		 9
21		 10
22		 11
23		 12
24
13
25		 14
26		 15
27		 16
28		 17
29		 18
30		 19
1
20
2		 21
3		 22
4		 23
5		 24
6		 25
7		 26
8
27
9		 28
10		 29
11		 30
12

May 2026
Dhul Qa’dah – Dhul Hijjah 1447

M T W T F S S
1
14		 2
15		 3
16
4
17		 5
18		 6
19		 7
20		 8
21		 9
22		 10
23
11
24		 12
25		 13
26		 14
27		 15
28		 16
29		 17
30
18
1		 19
2		 20
3		 21
4		 22
5		 23
6		 24
7
25
8		 26
9		 27
10		 28
11		 29
12		 30
13		 31
14

June 2026
Dhul Hijjah 1447 – Muharram 1448

M T W T F S S
1
15		 2
16		 3
17		 4
18		 5
19		 6
20		 7
21
8
22		 9
23		 10
24		 11
25		 12
26		 13
27		 14
28
15
29		 16
1		 17
2		 18
3		 19
4		 20
5		 21
6
22
7		 23
8		 24
9		 25
10		 26
11		 27
12		 28
13
29
14		 30
15

July 2026
Muharram – Safar 1448

M T W T F S S
1
16		 2
17		 3
18		 4
19		 5
20
6
21		 7
22		 8
23		 9
24		 10
25		 11
26		 12
27
13
28		 14
29		 15
30		 16
1		 17
2		 18
3		 19
4
20
5		 21
6		 22
7		 23
8		 24
9		 25
10		 26
11
27
12		 28
13		 29
14		 30
15		 31
16

August 2026
Safar – Rabi al‑Awwal 1448

M T W T F S S
1
18		 2
19
3
20		 4
21		 5
22		 6
23		 7
24		 8
25		 9
26
10
27		 11
28		 12
29		 13
30		 14
1		 15
2		 16
3
17
4		 18
5		 19
6		 20
7		 21
8		 22
9		 23
10
24
11		 25
12		 26
13		 27
14		 28
15		 29
16		 30
17
31
18

September 2026
Rabi al‑Awwal – Rabi al‑Thani 1448

M T W T F S S
1
19		 2
20		 3
21		 4
22		 5
23		 6
24
7
25		 8
26		 9
27		 10
28		 11
29		 12
30		 13
1
14
2		 15
3		 16
4		 17
5		 18
6		 19
7		 20
8
21
9		 22
10		 23
11		 24
12		 25
13		 26
14		 27
15
28
16		 29
17		 30
18

October 2026
Rabi al‑Thani – Jumada al‑Awwal 1448

M T W T F S S
1
20		 2
21		 3
22		 4
23
5
24		 6
25		 7
26		 8
27		 9
28		 10
29		 11
30
12
1		 13
2		 14
3		 15
4		 16
5		 17
6		 18
7
19
8		 20
9		 21
10		 22
11		 23
12		 24
13		 25
14
26
15		 27
16		 28
17		 29
18		 30
19		 31
20

November 2026
Jumada al‑Awwal – Jumada al‑Thani 1448

M T W T F S S
1
21		 2
22
3
23		 4
24		 5
25		 6
26		 7
27		 8
28		 9
29
10
30		 11
1		 12
2		 13
3		 14
4		 15
5		 16
6
17
7		 18
8		 19
9		 20
10		 21
11		 22
12		 23
13
24
14		 25
15		 26
16		 27
17		 28
18		 29
19		 30
20

December 2026
Jumada al‑Thani – Rajab 1448

M T W T F S S
1
21		 2
22		 3
23		 4
24		 5
25		 6
26
7
27		 8
28		 9
29		 10
30		 11
1		 12
2		 13
3
14
4		 15
5		 16
6		 17
7		 18
8		 19
9		 20
10
21
11		 22
12		 23
13		 24
14		 25
15		 26
16		 27
17
28
18		 29
19		 30
20		 31
21
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