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Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1448 AH
The month of the Prophet’s birth, kept as Mawlid an-Nabi by many: on the twelfth in Sunni reckoning, and the seventeenth in Twelver Shia.
Begins on Friday 14 August 2026 and runs 29 days, to Friday 11 September 2026.
Projected from the Umm al-Qura calendar, as ActivePray reckons it. A Hijri month truly begins when the new crescent is seen, so it can open a day either side of this. Like every day of the Hijri year, each day begins at sunset the evening before.
Its holy days
As each branch keeps them, from ActivePray’s calendars.
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Tuesday 25 August 2026 · Sunni
Mawlid an-Nabi
The birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (observed by many; the date and practice vary).
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Sunday 30 August 2026 · Shia
Milad an-Nabi
The birth of the Prophet ﷺ in the Twelver reckoning — the seventeenth of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, where the Sunni calendar keeps the twelfth. Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq was born the same day. Kept with a recommended fast, and the celebration after it.
The White Days
Three days of recommended fasting each lunar month, the Ayyām al-Bīḍ, when the moon is full. In Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1448: Wednesday 26 August 2026, Thursday 27 August 2026 and Friday 28 August 2026.
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, in Sunni and in Twelver Shia practice.
ActivePray on the App StoreRabiʿ al-Awwal in other years: 1449 AH · 1450 AH · 1451 AH. Every month is on the Hijri months page, every holy day on the calendar and in Islam. Today’s Hijri date.