Hijri date today
Today's date in both calendars, and a converter that turns any Gregorian date into Hijri or the other way round using the Umm al-Qura calendar.
What is the Hijri date today?
Today is 2 Jumada al-Akhirah 1448 AH, which is November 12, 2026. The Hijri date changes at sunset, not at midnight. After Maghrib the next Hijri day has begun, even though the Gregorian date stays the same until midnight. The date shown here matches the daytime of today.
How the converter works
Choose a direction, enter the date and press Convert. The date is sent to UmmahAPI, which calculates with the Umm al-Qura calendar, the official calendar of Saudi Arabia. If that service cannot be reached, we calculate locally from the Umm al-Qura tables in the ICU library. The source of each result is shown beneath it.
Why can the result differ from my country's calendar?
Some countries rely on a moon sighting for every month, so their calendar can run a day ahead of or behind Umm al-Qura in some months. If you are converting a date for official paperwork, use the calendar the authority concerned follows.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Hijri date today?
How do I convert a Gregorian date to Hijri?
When does the Hijri day begin?
What are the Hijri months in order?
Where the dates come from Hijri dates are calculated with the Umm al-Qura calendar through UmmahAPI and cross-checked against the Umm al-Qura tables in the ICU library. Islamic months officially begin with the sighting of the crescent, so the observed date can differ by one day from country to country. How we calculate dates