AST, UTC+3
Saudi Arabia
Umm al-Qura calendar and the Supreme Court.
Hijri date today in the United Kingdom, Islamic date now
Today's Islamic date for the United Kingdom, by the Umm al-Qura calendar, with a one-tap adjustment for the local moon sighting. Below it: who sets the date in the United Kingdom, the key dates of 2027, and a converter for any date.
Today in the United Kingdom
Islamic date today
التاريخ الهجري
Worked out for today's date in the United Kingdom.
Umm al-Qura calendar. The Islamic date moves on at sunset.
Gregorian to Hijri
1 Ramadan 1448 AHMonday 8 February 2027
Hijri to Gregorian
Monday 8 February 20271 Ramadan 1448 AH
Who sets the date
- Authority
- No single body: Saudi announcement or local sighting
- Method
- Saudi announcement or local sighting, by masjid
- Time zone
- GMT, UTC+0 (BST in summer)
- Umm al-Qura today
- …
Adjust for the local sighting
If the month began a day later in the United Kingdom than in Saudi Arabia, choose −1 day. The converter moves with it, and the setting is remembered on this device.
Coming up
- 27 Rajab (Isra and Miraj)
- Tue 5 Jan 2027
- 15 Shaban (Shab-e-Barat)
- Sat 23 Jan 2027
- First day of Ramadan
- Mon 8 Feb 2027
- 27 Ramadan
- Sat 6 Mar 2027
- Eid al-Fitr
- Tue 9 Mar 2027
- First of Dhul Hijjah
- Fri 7 May 2027
Worked out in your browser with the Umm al-Qura calendar for the current date in the United Kingdom. Nothing is sent anywhere.
By country
Hijri date today in other countries
ET, PT and others
The United States
No single body: FCNA calculation or local sighting.
GMT, UTC+0 (BST in summer)
The United Kingdom
No single body: Saudi announcement or local sighting.
ET, PT and others
Canada
No single body: FCNA calculation or the Hilal Council of Canada.
GST, UTC+4
The UAE
Moon sighting committee of the UAE Council for Fatwa.
PKT, UTC+5
Pakistan
Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.
BST, UTC+6
Bangladesh
National Moon Sighting Committee.
EET, UTC+2 (EEST in summer)
Egypt
Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah.
TRT, UTC+3
Turkey
Diyanet (Presidency of Religious Affairs).
MYT, UTC+8
Malaysia
Keeper of the Rulers' Seal, with JAKIM.
WIB, UTC+7 (and WITA, WIT)
Indonesia
Ministry of Religious Affairs (sidang isbat).
Somewhere else? Today's Hijri date in your own time zone uses your device's clock, and the Islamic calendar 2027 shows every day of 1448 and 1449.
Guide
The Islamic date in the United Kingdom, who sets it and why it can differ
Today's Hijri date in the United Kingdom is shown at the top of this page. It is worked out in your browser for the current calendar day in the United Kingdom, using Saudi Arabia's Umm al-Qura calendar, the most widely used reference. In the United Kingdom, the date used for worship comes from: No single body: Saudi announcement or local sighting. The method: saudi announcement or local sighting, by masjid. That can put the local date a day away from Umm al-Qura, so the page has a one-tap adjustment.
Who decides the Islamic date in the United Kingdom
The UK has no national body that sets the Islamic date. For decades many British masjids have followed Saudi Arabia's announcements for Ramadan and Eid, partly because sightings over British skies are often blocked by cloud. A growing number follow a local or regional sighting instead, with groups such as the New Crescent Society organising sightings in the UK. HM Nautical Almanac Office publishes crescent visibility predictions that both sides use.
Is it the same date as in Saudi Arabia?
Masjids that follow Saudi Arabia keep the same date as the Umm al-Qura calendar, or as Saudi Arabia's announcement. Masjids that follow a local sighting are sometimes a day later, so two Eids in one city are not unusual in the UK. Follow your local masjid, and use the adjustment if it began the month a day later.
When the Islamic date changes
The Islamic day begins at sunset, not at midnight: the night comes before its day. So after Maghrib in the United Kingdom, the Hijri date has already moved on by one, even though phones and calendars change it at midnight. This is why the first taraweeh of Ramadan is prayed on the evening before the first fast, and why "the night of the 27th" is the evening before the 27th day.
Key Islamic dates for 2027
Expected dates by the Umm al-Qura calendar, with the date if the month begins a day later in the United Kingdom.
| Event | Umm al-Qura | A day later |
|---|---|---|
| Ramadan begins (1 Ramadan 1448) | Mon 8 Feb 2027 | Tue 9 Feb 2027 |
| Eid al-Fitr (1 Shawwal) | Tue 9 Mar 2027 | Wed 10 Mar 2027 |
| Day of Arafah (9 Dhul Hijjah) | Sat 15 May 2027 | Sun 16 May 2027 |
| Eid al-Adha (10 Dhul Hijjah) | Sun 16 May 2027 | Mon 17 May 2027 |
| Islamic New Year 1449 | Sun 6 Jun 2027 | Mon 7 Jun 2027 |
| Ashura (10 Muharram 1449) | Tue 15 Jun 2027 | Wed 16 Jun 2027 |
Following another country's sighting
Hanafi position
In the main transmitted position of the school, differences in the horizon (ikhtilaf al-matali) are not taken into account: a sighting established in one land binds others once it reaches them through a reliable route. Many later Hanafi scholars allowed distant lands to follow their own sighting. In practice, follow the body your local masjid follows, so the community fasts and celebrates together.1
Other madhhabs
- Shafi'i
- Each region follows its own sighting, because horizons differ (the report of Kurayb, Sahih Muslim 1087).
- Maliki, Hanbali
- A sighting anywhere binds all Muslims who learn of it, like the main Hanafi position.
- Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, Kitab al-Sawm, on ikhtilaf al-matali; al-Zaylai, Tabyin al-Haqa'iq. The other madhhabs' positions are summarised from their standard manuals.
- New Crescent Society (newcrescentsociety.com), on local crescent sighting in the UK.
- HM Nautical Almanac Office, crescent visibility predictions (astro.ukho.gov.uk).
The rulings on this page are pending review by the scholars on our team.
Questions
Good to know
What is the Hijri date today in the United Kingdom?
The date at the top of this page is today's Hijri date for the current day in the United Kingdom, by the Umm al-Qura calendar. If the month began a day later in the United Kingdom, choose −1 day. After sunset the Islamic date has already moved on to the next day.
Which Islamic calendar does the United Kingdom follow?
There is no national calendar. Many masjids follow Saudi Arabia's announcements, and others wait for a local or regional sighting of the crescent.
Is the Islamic date in the United Kingdom the same as in Saudi Arabia?
In masjids that follow Saudi Arabia, yes. In masjids that follow a local sighting, the date is sometimes a day later.
When does Ramadan 2027 start in the United Kingdom?
By the Umm al-Qura calendar, Ramadan 1448 is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027, with the first taraweeh on the night of Sunday 7 February. Where the month starts by a later sighting it may begin on Tuesday 9 February. In the United Kingdom, follow your local masjid.
How do I convert a date to the Islamic calendar?
Use the converter on this page. Pick a Gregorian date to see the Hijri date, or enter a Hijri day, month and year to see the Gregorian date. It uses the Umm al-Qura calendar, and the −1 and +1 day setting moves the results with your local sighting.