Today on the Hijri calendar
Today
Convert any date.
Choose a date in the field above, or step a day at a time with the arrows, and the page gives its Hijri date: the day, the month in English and in Arabic, and the year, projected or confirmed.
A date in the address converts too, so a converted date can be shared: hijri-date.html#2027-02-08.
Projected until the moon is sighted.
The date above is reckoned from the Umm al-Qura calendar, as ActivePray reckons it. A Hijri month truly begins when the new crescent is seen, so a month can open a day either side of the projection.
When a month is confirmed by sighting, it is listed on this site and the date above says so.
The day begins at sunset.
A Hijri date runs from evening to evening. After sunset, the date above has already turned to the next.
The nights of the year, Laylat al-Qadr among them, begin at Maghrib the evening before the day they are named for.
One calendar, two years of holy days.
Sunni and Twelver Shia Islam keep the same months. Their holy days differ, and some days are kept in opposite spirit: Ashura is a recommended fast for one and a day of mourning for the other.
In ActivePray.
The Today tab shows the Hijri date for the city you keep, with every prayer at its hour, and the Calendar keeps the holy days and fasts of your branch’s year.
Worked out on your iPhone.
In ActivePray the Hijri date stands at the top of every day, with each prayer at its hour and the holy days and fasts of the year.
ActivePray on the App StoreEvery holy day of the year is on the calendar and in Islam. The Hebrew date, too.