Hijri Date Today
As of Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 9:02 AM, today's Islamic (Hijri) date is:
Today's Islamic (Hijri) date — full detail
- Date
- 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447 AH
- Arabic
- ٤ ذو الحجة ١٤٤٧ هـ
- Short form
- 4/12/1447 AH
- Month
- Dhu al-Hijjah
- Year
- 1447 Anno Hegirae (After Hijrah)
- Weekday
- Yawm al-Khamis · الخميس
- Gregorian
- Thursday, May 21, 2026
Why today matters
Today opens or falls within Dhu al-Hijjah, the sacred month of Hajj. The first ten days of this month are the most spiritually charged of the Islamic year, culminating in the Day of Arafah on the 9th and Eid al-Adha on the 10th. Pilgrims arrive in Makkah; Muslims worldwide fast, give charity, and recite the takbeer. The name Dhū al-Ḥijjah (ذو الحجة) means "the one of the pilgrimage" — the month in which Hajj is performed. It is the most sacred month of the year and has been named for the pilgrimage since pre-Islamic times.
There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days. — Sahih al-Bukhari
How we compute this
Islamic (Hijri) is a lunar calendar. Each year contains 354 or 355 days (12 lunar months), with each month averaging 29 or 30 days (based on moon-sighting). Years are counted from 16 July 622 CE — the migration (hijrah) of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from Makkah to Madinah (era: Anno Hegirae (After Hijrah)).
The word Hijri (هجري) comes from the Arabic verb hajara — "to migrate, to break ties, to leave behind". The calendar takes its name from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ's migration (the Hijrah) from Makkah to Madinah in 622 CE, which became year 1 of the Islamic era. Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab formalized the calendar in 638 CE / 17 AH, with input from Imam Ali, choosing the Hijrah — rather than the Prophet's birth or death — as the anchor point because it marked the founding of the first Muslim polity. The twelve Arabic month names predate Islam by centuries; they appear in pre-Islamic poetry and inscriptions and were retained intact by the Qur'an, which sanctified four of them (Dhu al-Qi'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab) as the ashhur al-hurum — months in which warfare was forbidden.
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