The Islamic Calendar 2026 (Hijri 1447 AH) is very important for Muslims around the world. It helps us plan for major events like Ramadan, Hajj, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and other blessed days. Since the Islamic calendar follows the moon, dates change every year in the Gregorian calendar.

This guide gives you the complete Islamic dates for 2026, including:
✔ Hijri months
✔ Muslim holidays 2026
✔ Islamic events 2026
✔ Full Hijri–Gregorian calendar tables
✔ Important days and reminders inside each month

All dates are expected and may change with moon sighting.

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🌙 What Is the Islamic Calendar?

The Islamic (Hijri) calendar is a lunar calendar with 12 months and 354–355 days. Each month begins after the sighting of the new moon. This is why Islamic dates shift almost 10 to 11 days earlier every year.

It is used by Muslims to determine:

• Ramadan fasting
• Eid al-Fitr
• Eid al-Adha
• Hajj dates
• Sacred months like Muharram and Dhul Hijjah

The year 2026 corresponds mostly to 1447 AH.

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📅 Complete Islamic Calendar 2026 (Hijri 1447 AH)

Below is the full month-by-month calendar with important Islamic dates, holidays, and eve

January 2026
Rajab – Sha’ban 1447
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
								1	12 Rajab	2	13 Rajab	3	14 Rajab
4	15 Rajab	5	16 Rajab	6	17 Rajab	7	18 Rajab	8	19 Rajab	9	20 Rajab	10	21 Rajab
11	22 Rajab	12	23 Rajab	13	24 Rajab	14	25 Rajab	15	26 Rajab	16	27 Rajab	17	28 Rajab
18	29 Rajab	19	30 Rajab	20	1 Sha’ban	21	2 Sha’ban	22	3 Sha’ban	23	4 Sha’ban	24	5 Sha’ban
25	6 Sha’ban	26	7 Sha’ban	27	8 Sha’ban	28	9 Sha’ban	29	10 Sha’ban	30	11 Sha’ban	31	12 Sha’ban

February 2026
Sha’ban – Ramadan 1447
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
1	13 Sha’ban	2	14 Sha’ban	3	15 Sha’ban	4	16 Sha’ban	5	17 Sha’ban	6	18 Sha’ban	7	19 Sha’ban
8	20 Sha’ban	9	21 Sha’ban	10	22 Sha’ban	11	23 Sha’ban	12	24 Sha’ban	13	25 Sha’ban	14	26 Sha’ban
15	27 Sha’ban	16	28 Sha’ban	17	29 Sha’ban	18	30 Sha’ban	19	1 Ramadan	20	2 Ramadan	21	3 Ramadan
22	4 Ramadan	23	5 Ramadan	24	6 Ramadan	25	7 Ramadan	26	8 Ramadan	27	9 Ramadan	28	10 Ramadan

March 2026
Ramadan – Shawwal 1447
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
1	11 Ramadan	2	12 Ramadan	3	13 Ramadan	4	14 Ramadan	5	15 Ramadan	6	16 Ramadan	7	17 Ramadan
8	18 Ramadan	9	19 Ramadan	10	20 Ramadan	11	21 Ramadan	12	22 Ramadan	13	23 Ramadan	14	24 Ramadan
15	25 Ramadan	16	26 Ramadan	17	27 Ramadan	18	28 Ramadan	19	29 Ramadan	20	1 Shawwal	21	2 Shawwal
22	3 Shawwal	23	4 Shawwal	24	5 Shawwal	25	6 Shawwal	26	7 Shawwal	27	8 Shawwal	28	9 Shawwal
29	10 Shawwal	30	11 Shawwal	31	12 Shawwal

April 2026
Shawwal – Dhul-Qa’dah 1447
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
						1	13 Shawwal	2	14 Shawwal	3	15 Shawwal	4	16 Shawwal
5	17 Shawwal	6	18 Shawwal	7	19 Shawwal	8	20 Shawwal	9	21 Shawwal	10	22 Shawwal	11	23 Shawwal
12	24 Shawwal	13	25 Shawwal	14	26 Shawwal	15	27 Shawwal	16	28 Shawwal	17	29 Shawwal	18	1 Dhul-Qa’dah
19	2 Dhul-Qa’dah	20	3 Dhul-Qa’dah	21	4 Dhul-Qa’dah	22	5 Dhul-Qa’dah	23	6 Dhul-Qa’dah	24	7 Dhul-Qa’dah	25	8 Dhul-Qa’dah
26	9 Dhul-Qa’dah	27	10 Dhul-Qa’dah	28	11 Dhul-Qa’dah	29	12 Dhul-Qa’dah	30	13 Dhul-Qa’dah

May 2026
Dhul-Qa’dah – Dhul-Hijjah 1447
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
										1	14 Dhul-Qa’dah	2	15 Dhul-Qa’dah
3	16 Dhul-Qa’dah	4	17 Dhul-Qa’dah	5	18 Dhul-Qa’dah	6	19 Dhul-Qa’dah	7	20 Dhul-Qa’dah	8	21 Dhul-Qa’dah	9	22 Dhul-Qa’dah
10	23 Dhul-Qa’dah	11	24 Dhul-Qa’dah	12	25 Dhul-Qa’dah	13	26 Dhul-Qa’dah	14	27 Dhul-Qa’dah	15	28 Dhul-Qa’dah	16	29 Dhul-Qa’dah
17	30 Dhul-Qa’dah	18	1 Dhul-Hijjah	19	2 Dhul-Hijjah	20	3 Dhul-Hijjah	21	4 Dhul-Hijjah	22	5 Dhul-Hijjah	23	6 Dhul-Hijjah
24	7 Dhul-Hijjah	25	8 Dhul-Hijjah	26	9 Dhul-Hijjah	27	10 Dhul-Hijjah	28	11 Dhul-Hijjah	29	12 Dhul-Hijjah	30	13 Dhul-Hijjah
31	14 Dhul-Hijjah

June 2026
Dhul-Hijjah 1447 – Muharram 1448
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
		1	15 Dhul-Hijjah	2	16 Dhul-Hijjah	3	17 Dhul-Hijjah	4	18 Dhul-Hijjah	5	19 Dhul-Hijjah	6	20 Dhul-Hijjah
7	21 Dhul-Hijjah	8	22 Dhul-Hijjah	9	23 Dhul-Hijjah	10	24 Dhul-Hijjah	11	25 Dhul-Hijjah	12	26 Dhul-Hijjah	13	27 Dhul-Hijjah
14	28 Dhul-Hijjah	15	29 Dhul-Hijjah	16	1 Muharram	17	2 Muharram	18	3 Muharram	19	4 Muharram	20	5 Muharram
21	6 Muharram	22	7 Muharram	23	8 Muharram	24	9 Muharram	25	10 Muharram	26	11 Muharram	27	12 Muharram
28	13 Muharram	29	14 Muharram	30	15 Muharram

July 2026
Muharram – Safar 1448
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
						1	16 Muharram	2	17 Muharram	3	18 Muharram	4	19 Muharram
5	20 Muharram	6	21 Muharram	7	22 Muharram	8	23 Muharram	9	24 Muharram	10	25 Muharram	11	26 Muharram
12	27 Muharram	13	28 Muharram	14	29 Muharram	15	30 Muharram	16	1 Safar	17	2 Safar	18	3 Safar
19	4 Safar	20	5 Safar	21	6 Safar	22	7 Safar	23	8 Safar	24	9 Safar	25	10 Safar
26	11 Safar	27	12 Safar	28	13 Safar	29	14 Safar	30	15 Safar	31	16 Safar

August 2026
Safar – Rabi’ al-Awwal 1448
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
												1	17 Safar
2	18 Safar	3	19 Safar	4	20 Safar	5	21 Safar	6	22 Safar	7	23 Safar	8	24 Safar
9	25 Safar	10	26 Safar	11	27 Safar	12	28 Safar	13	29 Safar	14	1 Rabi’ al-Awwal	15	2 Rabi’ al-Awwal
16	3 Rabi’ al-Awwal	17	4 Rabi’ al-Awwal	18	5 Rabi’ al-Awwal	19	6 Rabi’ al-Awwal	20	7 Rabi’ al-Awwal	21	8 Rabi’ al-Awwal	22	9 Rabi’ al-Awwal
23	10 Rabi’ al-Awwal	24	11 Rabi’ al-Awwal	25	12 Rabi’ al-Awwal	26	13 Rabi’ al-Awwal	27	14 Rabi’ al-Awwal	28	15 Rabi’ al-Awwal	29	16 Rabi’ al-Awwal
30	17 Rabi’ al-Awwal	31	18 Rabi’ al-Awwal

September 2026
Rabi’ al-Awwal – Rabi’ ath-Thani 1448
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
				1	19 Rabi’ al-Awwal	2	20 Rabi’ al-Awwal	3	21 Rabi’ al-Awwal	4	22 Rabi’ al-Awwal	5	23 Rabi’ al-Awwal
6	24 Rabi’ al-Awwal	7	25 Rabi’ al-Awwal	8	26 Rabi’ al-Awwal	9	27 Rabi’ al-Awwal	10	28 Rabi’ al-Awwal	11	29 Rabi’ al-Awwal	12	1 Rabi’ ath-Thani
13	2 Rabi’ ath-Thani	14	3 Rabi’ ath-Thani	15	4 Rabi’ ath-Thani	16	5 Rabi’ ath-Thani	17	6 Rabi’ ath-Thani	18	7 Rabi’ ath-Thani	19	8 Rabi’ ath-Thani
20	9 Rabi’ ath-Thani	21	10 Rabi’ ath-Thani	22	11 Rabi’ ath-Thani	23	12 Rabi’ ath-Thani	24	13 Rabi’ ath-Thani	25	14 Rabi’ ath-Thani	26	15 Rabi’ ath-Thani
27	16 Rabi’ ath-Thani	28	17 Rabi’ ath-Thani	29	18 Rabi’ ath-Thani	30	19 Rabi’ ath-Thani

October 2026
Rabi’ ath-Thani – Jumada al-Ula 1448
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
								1	20 Rabi’ ath-Thani	2	21 Rabi’ ath-Thani	3	22 Rabi’ ath-Thani
4	23 Rabi’ ath-Thani	5	24 Rabi’ ath-Thani	6	25 Rabi’ ath-Thani	7	26 Rabi’ ath-Thani	8	27 Rabi’ ath-Thani	9	28 Rabi’ ath-Thani	10	29 Rabi’ ath-Thani
11	30 Rabi’ ath-Thani	12	1 Jumada al-Ula	13	2 Jumada al-Ula	14	3 Jumada al-Ula	15	4 Jumada al-Ula	16	5 Jumada al-Ula	17	6 Jumada al-Ula
18	7 Jumada al-Ula	19	8 Jumada al-Ula	20	9 Jumada al-Ula	21	10 Jumada al-Ula	22	11 Jumada al-Ula	23	12 Jumada al-Ula	24	13 Jumada al-Ula
25	14 Jumada al-Ula	26	15 Jumada al-Ula	27	16 Jumada al-Ula	28	17 Jumada al-Ula	29	18 Jumada al-Ula	30	19 Jumada al-Ula	31	20 Jumada al-Ula

November 2026
Jumada al-Ula – Jumada al-Akhirah 1448
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
1	21 Jumada al-Ula	2	22 Jumada al-Ula	3	23 Jumada al-Ula	4	24 Jumada al-Ula	5	25 Jumada al-Ula	6	26 Jumada al-Ula	7	27 Jumada al-Ula
8	28 Jumada al-Ula	9	29 Jumada al-Ula	10	30 Jumada al-Ula	11	1 Jumada al-Akhirah	12	2 Jumada al-Akhirah	13	3 Jumada al-Akhirah	14	4 Jumada al-Akhirah
15	5 Jumada al-Akhirah	16	6 Jumada al-Akhirah	17	7 Jumada al-Akhirah	18	8 Jumada al-Akhirah	19	9 Jumada al-Akhirah	20	10 Jumada al-Akhirah	21	11 Jumada al-Akhirah
22	12 Jumada al-Akhirah	23	13 Jumada al-Akhirah	24	14 Jumada al-Akhirah	25	15 Jumada al-Akhirah	26	16 Jumada al-Akhirah	27	17 Jumada al-Akhirah	28	18 Jumada al-Akhirah
29	19 Jumada al-Akhirah	30	20 Jumada al-Akhirah

December 2026
Jumada al-Akhirah – Rajab 1448
Sun		Mon		Tue		Wed		Thu		Fri		Sat
				1	21 Jumada al-Akhirah	2	22 Jumada al-Akhirah	3	23 Jumada al-Akhirah	4	24 Jumada al-Akhirah	5	25 Jumada al-Akhirah
6	26 Jumada al-Akhirah	7	27 Jumada al-Akhirah	8	28 Jumada al-Akhirah	9	29 Jumada al-Akhirah	10	1 Rajab	11	2 Rajab	12	3 Rajab
13	4 Rajab	14	5 Rajab	15	6 Rajab	16	7 Rajab	17	8 Rajab	18	9 Rajab	19	10 Rajab
20	11 Rajab	21	12 Rajab	22	13 Rajab	23	14 Rajab	24	15 Rajab	25	16 Rajab	26	17 Rajab
27	18 Rajab	28	19 Rajab	29	20 Rajab	30	21 Rajab	31	22 Rajab

🕌 Major Muslim Holidays in 2026 (Expected)

Here is a quick view of Islamic dates for 2026:

• Islamic New Year: June 17, 2026
• Ashura: June 26, 2026
• Mawlid al-Nabi: August 27, 2026
• Ramadan Begins: February 12, 2027
• Eid al-Fitr: March 14, 2027
• Hajj Begins: May 19, 2027
• Day of Arafah: May 20, 2027
• Eid al-Adha: May 21, 2027

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📝 Why the Islamic Calendar Changes Every Year

The Islamic calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar. This is because it follows the lunar cycle, which lasts about 29 to 30 days per month.

This means:
✔ Ramadan moves earlier every year
✔ Hajj dates shift into different seasons
✔ Islamic events rotate throughout the year

In 2026, many dates fall during cooler months, making it easier for Muslims, especially for Hajj pilgrims.

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🌟 Benefits of Following the Islamic Calendar 2026

• Helps plan Ramadan and fasting
• Prepares families for Eid celebrations
• Tracks important Islamic events
• Helps pilgrims plan for Hajj
• Supports students and workers in planning their worship schedule

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is the Islamic calendar based on?

It is based on the moon sighting, and each month begins when the new moon is visible.

2. Why do Islamic dates change every year?

Because the lunar year is shorter than the solar year by about 10–11 days.

3. When will Ramadan start in 2026–2027?

Ramadan is expected to begin on February 12, 2027.

4. When are the Hajj dates in 2026–2027?

Hajj is expected to start on May 19, 2027, depending on the moon sighting.

5. What is the first Islamic month in 2026?

The new year begins with 1 Muharram 1447 AH, expected on June 17, 2026.

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🎯 Conclusion

The Islamic Calendar 2026 (1447 AH) brings many important days and events for Muslims around the world. From Ramadan and Hajj to Ashura and Mawlid, the year is filled with opportunities for worship, reflection, and blessings. This complete calendar helps you stay prepared and connected to your faith throughout the year.