Islamic calendar · Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH
Dhul-Hijjah is the twelfth month of the Hijri calendar, the month of Hajj — the pilgrimage to Mecca performed in the appointed days of the Islamic year.
Friday 7 May 2027 to Sunday 16 May 2027 (1 Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH to 10 Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH), beginning the evening before, Thursday 6 May 2027.
±1 day · Dates on this page are astronomical (Umm al-Qura) estimates. Dates your community actually observes — especially around Ramadan and the Eids — can differ by a day based on local moon sighting.The Prophet ﷺ said there are no days in which good deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.
His companions asked: not even jihad? He said: not even jihad, except a man who goes out with his life and his wealth and comes back with nothing.
Hajj falls in these days. The pilgrims go to Mina, stand at Arafah on the ninth, and sacrifice on the tenth.
Sahih al-Bukhari 969 · Jami' at-Tirmidhi 757 · Sahih Muslim 1218لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟ مَنَٰفِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍۢ مَّعْلُومَٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْبَآئِسَ ٱلْفَقِيرَ
That they may witness benefits for themselves and mention the name of Allah on known days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor.
Prayer, charity, the Qur'an, remembrance, kindness: any good deed.
Sahih al-Bukhari 969Remember Allah on these known days.
Al-Hajj 22:28The Prophet ﷺ is reported to have fasted the first nine days. The tenth is Eid, when fasting is not allowed.
Sunan Abi Dawud 2437It wipes out the sins of the year before and the year after.
Sahih Muslim 1162From the start of the month until you have sacrificed.
Sahih Muslim 1977Ibrahim was told to call people to Hajj. They would come on foot and on lean camels from every far road.
Al-Hajj 22:27After nine years in Madinah, the Prophet ﷺ announced that he would make Hajj, and a great number of people came.
Sahih Muslim 1218The pilgrims went to Mina and put on ihram for Hajj.
Sahih Muslim 1218He stood at Arafah until sunset. The ayah "This day I have perfected for you your religion" came down there.
Sahih Muslim 1218 · Sahih al-Bukhari 45He stoned the Jamrah, sacrificed, and spoke to the people about the sanctity of life, wealth and honour.
Sahih Muslim 1218 · Sahih al-Bukhari 1741Read and listen in the Niyat app
This date is set by the Islamic lunar calendar, not the Gregorian one. Dhul-Hijjah is the twelfth month of the twelve Hijri months, and each Hijri month runs 29 or 30 days, beginning with the birth of the new moon. Twelve lunar months make a year of 354 or 355 days — about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year — so the same Islamic date lands about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year.
The Gregorian date shown is the Umm al-Qura calculation: the official Islamic calendar of Saudi Arabia, built from astronomical calculation of the new moon, and the calendar this site's Hijri calendar converter uses. Other communities wait for the new crescent to be seen with the eye, or follow a different country's announcement — so the day your community actually observes can sit a day either side of the estimate. Because the Islamic day begins at sunset, the date begins the evening before the Gregorian day shown.
The ten days run from 1 Dhul-Hijjah to 10 Dhul-Hijjah. For 1448, 1 Dhul-Hijjah is expected on Friday 7 May 2027, so the ten days span 7–16 May, with the Day of Arafah on the 9th (expected Saturday 15 May) and Eid al-Adha on the 10th (expected Sunday 16 May). The whole block moves with the month's start: if your community begins Dhul-Hijjah a day later, shift each date by one day.
The same Hijri date, three cycles running. The Hijri year is about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year, so each cycle lands earlier in the Gregorian calendar.
| Hijri date | Expected Gregorian date | Weekday | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dhul-Hijjah 1447 AH | 18 May 2026 | Monday | previous cycle |
| 1 Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH | 7 May 2027 | Friday | this page |
| 1 Dhul-Hijjah 1449 AH | 26 April 2028 | Wednesday | next cycle |
All rows are Umm al-Qura estimates; each carries the same ±1 day moon-sighting uncertainty. Generated 2026-09-24.
1 Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH is expected on Friday 7 May 2027 (Umm al-Qura), with the month beginning the evening before, Thursday 6 May. Moon sighting can shift the start by a day.
On 10 Dhul-Hijjah — Eid al-Adha, expected Sunday 16 May 2027. The Day of Arafah, the 9th, is expected Saturday 15 May 2027.
For 1447: on or around 18–27 May 2026. For 1449: expected 26 April – 5 May 2028.
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