The Hijri calendar, kept accurately, for wherever you are.
Convert dates, find prayer times for any city, track Islamic events across the year, and locate the qibla — one quiet, dependable reference, built without favouring any single country or school of thought.
A short history of the Hijri calendar
Five moments across roughly seventy years, from a birth in Mecca to a caliph's decree that gave the Muslim world a shared calendar.
The calendar counts forward from the Hijrah rather than the Prophet's birth or first revelation — a deliberate choice by Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab, who needed one fixed point to date government letters and records consistently across a rapidly growing state. That decision, made roughly sixteen years after the event it marks, is why dates today are labelled "AH" — Anno Hegirae, "in the year of the Hijrah."
Hijri ⇄ Gregorian
Convert any date either direction, and browse a full Hijri month at a glance.
02 · SalahPrayer times
Search any city worldwide, choose your preferred calculation method, get today's five prayers.
03 · CalendarIslamic events
Ramadan, the two Eids, Ashura, and the rest of the year's dates, with the moon-sighting caveat kept front and centre.
04 · FastingRamadan mode
A live countdown to Ramadan, or to today's suhoor and iftar once the month begins.
05 · DirectionQibla finder
The bearing to the Kaaba from your location, with a live compass on supported phones.
Instruments before apps
Long before calendars lived on phones, Muslim astronomers built astrolabes — brass instruments engraved with star maps — to calculate prayer times and the qibla by hand. The dial on this page's homepage is a small nod to that instrument: a live, working reference in the same spirit, just rendered in code instead of brass.
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Verse of the day
A different ayah each day, shown in Arabic with an English translation, pulled live so the wording is always exact.
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Upcoming on the Islamic calendar
The next few occasions, estimated from today's date — see the full year for everything else.
The Hijri calendar is lunar: each of its twelve months begins with the sighting of a new crescent moon, which is why a Hijri year runs about eleven days shorter than a Gregorian one and Islamic dates drift earlier each solar year. Ramadan, for instance, moves through every season over roughly a 33-year cycle.
Because the new moon is confirmed locally, the exact start of a month can differ by a day between, say, Morocco and Indonesia. This site calculates dates using the standard tabular (civil) method — a fixed, predictable pattern that closely tracks real sightings — and gives you a manual offset if your country's announcement lands a day either side.
Pick a date or city
Use the converter for any date, or search a city for prayer times.
Choose your method
Pick the calculation convention your region or community follows.
Confirm locally
Treat the result as a reliable estimate, and confirm the exact day with your mosque for Ramadan and Eid.
The day and the month, both told by the sky
Every prayer time is set by the sun's position; every Hijri month begins with the moon's. This site's two calculators, side by side.
Fajr and Isha fall while the sun is still below the horizon — see the exact minutes for your city.
Get today's times →Qibla bearing from around the world
Wherever you pray, the qibla points to the same place — the Kaaba in Mecca. The bearing just depends on where you're standing.
How a new Hijri month is actually announced
This site's date is a calculation. What your mosque announces is usually the result of one of three approaches, which is exactly why the two can differ by a day.
Naked-eye sighting
A committee physically looks for the crescent moon just after sunset. If it's confirmed, the new month starts that evening — this is the traditional method, still used across much of the Muslim world.
Telescope-assisted sighting
Some authorities allow optical aid to confirm a crescent too thin or low for the naked eye — used where local skies or the moon's position make direct sighting difficult.
Astronomical calculation
A small number of countries and organisations pre-announce the month using calculated moon positions rather than waiting for a sighting report — closer to how this site's converter works.
Because sighting depends on local weather and geography, one country can confirm a new month a day before or after another — which is exactly what the day-offset control on the converter is there to adjust for.
Prayer time conventions differ by region — here's why
Each method sets slightly different sun-angle thresholds for Fajr and Isha, which is why the same city can show times a few minutes apart depending on which authority's convention you use.
| Method | Region typically used | Fajr angle | Isha angle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muslim World League | Europe, parts of Asia, general default | 18° | 17° |
| ISNA | North America | 15° | 15° |
| Umm al-Qura | Saudi Arabia | 18.5° | 90 min after Maghrib |
| Egyptian General Authority | Egypt, parts of Africa & Middle East | 19.5° | 17.5° |
| University of Karachi | Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan | 18° | 18° |
| Shia Ithna-Ashari (Jafari) | Shia communities worldwide | 16° | 14° |
| Diyanet | Turkey | 18° | 17° |
| Kemenag | Indonesia | 20° | 18° |
The twelve Hijri months
Each name has carried the same meaning for over 1,400 years — shown here in English, Arabic, and Urdu.
| # | Month | Arabic | اردو | Significance |
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Urdu & Hijri Calendar
For the millions who read the Hijri date in Nastaliq script first — today's date, written the way it would appear on an Urdu calendar.
Prefer it on paper?
Islamic Calendar 2027 — printable PDF
The same accurate dates as this site, in a 14-page calendar you can print at home — every month, every major event, in English, Arabic and Urdu. A4 and US Letter both included.
Part of the Daily Calendar network
Same care, different focus — three sibling sites built on the same worldwide-first, no-favourites principle.
Tithi, Panchang, festivals and horoscope — the general Indian calendar reference.
Explore Daily Calendar →A lighter, single-page take on Hijri dates, prayer times, and Islamic events.
Explore Muslim Calendar →آج کی تاریخ in Urdu script, with a daily sher from Ghalib, Iqbal, and Mir.
Explore Urdu Calendar →Today's date, a days-between calculator, week numbers, and holiday countdowns.
Explore English Calendar →Prayer times by city
Jump straight to a dedicated page for major cities, or search any city on the prayer times page.
Frequently asked
Why do dates here sometimes differ from my mosque's announcement?
This site calculates the Hijri date astronomically, using a fixed tabular pattern. Your mosque or national authority confirms the actual month by moon sighting, which can fall a day earlier or later. Use the offset control on the converter page to match your local announcement.
Which prayer time calculation method should I use?
Use whichever your local mosque follows — most communities settle on one regional convention (see the comparison table above). If you're unsure, Muslim World League is the most widely used general default.
Does this site work outside major cities?
Yes — the prayer times page accepts any city name, and the "use my location" option works anywhere with GPS or network-based location, down to your exact coordinates.
Is my location data stored anywhere?
No. Location requests go straight from your browser to the prayer-time calculation service; this site has no backend database and doesn't log or store your location. See the privacy page for details.
Why do some Islamic events show two dates?
A small number of observances, such as Mawlid al-Nabi, are marked on different days by different traditions. Rather than picking one, the events page lists both.