Islamic Date Today
As of Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM, today's Islamic (Hijri) date is:
Today's Islamic (Hijri) date — full detail
- Date
- 23 Jumada al-Awwal 1448 AH
- Arabic
- ٢٣ جمادى الأولى ١٤٤٨ هـ
- Short form
- 23/5/1448 AH
- Month
- Jumada al-Awwal
- Year
- 1448 Anno Hegirae (After Hijrah)
- Weekday
- Yawm al-Arba'a · الأربعاء
- Gregorian
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Why today matters
Today falls in Jumada al-Awwal, the fifth Hijri month. The name comes from "jamada" meaning "frozen" — these months were named when the Arabian Peninsula experienced harsh winter cold during this part of the lunar year.
Time is itself a creation of God, and every moment within it carries meaning. — Classical Islamic teaching
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 Hijri calendar was formally instituted by Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab in 638 CE, who chose the year of the Prophet ﷺ's migration to Madinah as the starting point. Unlike the Gregorian calendar (solar), the Hijri calendar follows lunar months — each beginning with the sighting of the crescent moon (hilāl). Because twelve lunar months total roughly 354 days, the Hijri year is about 11 days shorter than the solar year, which is why Islamic dates "move" through the seasons across decades.
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