Islamic Date Today
As of Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM, today's Islamic (Hijri) date is:
Today's Islamic (Hijri) date — full detail
- Date
- 2 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447 AH
- Arabic
- ٢ ذو الحجة ١٤٤٧ هـ
- Short form
- 2/12/1447 AH
- Month
- Dhu al-Hijjah
- Year
- 1447 Anno Hegirae (After Hijrah)
- Weekday
- Yawm al-Thulatha · الثلاثاء
- Gregorian
- Tuesday, May 19, 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.
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 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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