232 days until Islamic New Year 2027

Each weekday until Islamic New Year 2027

Counting the days after today, up to and including Sunday, June 6, 2027. Useful for counting school days, work shifts or a weekly class before Islamic New Year.

About Islamic New Year

The Islamic New Year, also called the Hijri New Year, falls on the first day of Muharram, the opening month of the Islamic calendar. That calendar counts its years from the Hijra, the Prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. The system was formally introduced around 638 CE by the second caliph, Umar, who chose the Hijra as its starting point. Years are labeled AH, for anno Hegirae. Muharram is one of four sacred months in Islam, during which fighting has traditionally been forbidden, and its name comes from an Arabic word meaning forbidden or sacred.

Compared with Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the new year is usually a quiet occasion. Many Muslims mark it with prayer, reflection on the Hijra and resolutions for the year ahead, and some mosques hold talks or special gatherings. It is a public holiday in a number of Muslim-majority countries. For Shia Muslims, the start of Muharram also opens a period of mourning that culminates on Ashura, the 10th day, which commemorates the death of Husayn, the Prophet's grandson, at the Battle of Karbala in 680. Many Sunni Muslims observe Ashura with a voluntary fast.

The Islamic year has 12 lunar months and lasts about 354 or 355 days, roughly 11 days shorter than the solar year. As a result, the Islamic New Year arrives about 11 days earlier each year on the Gregorian calendar and cycles through every season over about 33 years. The date shown follows Saudi Arabia's Umm al-Qura calendar, which many countries use. In communities that wait for the new crescent moon to be seen, the new year may begin a day later.

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