When is Islamic New Year 2027?
Sunday 6 June 2027
1 Muharram 1449 AH· in 235 days
Expected date on the Umm al-Qura calendar. Many communities confirm the month by sighting the new moon, so Islamic New Year can fall a day later where you live; your local mosque or national moon-sighting committee announces it.
The Islamic year begins on 1 Muharram. Years are counted from the Hijra, the Prophet Muhammad's migration from Makkah to Madinah in 622 CE, which is why Hijri dates carry the letters AH. The count is traditionally said to have been adopted in the time of the second caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, with Muharram as the first month.
The year has twelve lunar months of 29 or 30 days, about 354 days in all, so the new year arrives around 11 days earlier each year on the Gregorian calendar. No ritual is prescribed for the day itself. It opens Muharram, one of the four sacred months the Quran mentions (9:36).
Islamic New Year dates, 2027 to 2031
| Year | Date | Hijri date |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Sunday 6 June 2027 | 1 Muharram 1449 AH |
| 2028 | Thursday 25 May 2028 | 1 Muharram 1450 AH |
| 2029 | Monday 14 May 2029 | 1 Muharram 1451 AH |
| 2030 | Friday 3 May 2030 | 1 Muharram 1452 AH |
| 2031 | Wednesday 23 April 2031 | 1 Muharram 1453 AH |
Questions about Islamic New Year
Why does the Islamic New Year move every year?
The Islamic calendar follows the moon. Twelve lunar months add up to about 354 days, around 11 fewer than a solar year, so each Hijri year starts about 11 days earlier than the one before on the Gregorian calendar. Over roughly 33 years it passes through every season.
Does the new Hijri year start at midnight?
No. An Islamic day begins at sunset, so 1 Muharram begins at Maghrib on the evening before the Gregorian date shown for it.