Islamic calendar

1450 AH

The twelve months of 1450 AH with the Gregorian date each begins, and the events that fall in it.

Months

Events

What this year covers

The Hijri year 1450 AH begins on 2028-05-25, the first of Muharram, and its twelfth month, Dhu al-Hijjah, begins on 2029-04-15. Ramadan begins on 2029-01-16.

A Hijri year is twelve lunar months, each beginning with a new crescent, which makes it about 354 days — some eleven days shorter than the Gregorian year. That difference is why the dates on this page sit earlier in the Gregorian year than they did in 1449 AH, and why Ramadan moves through all four seasons over roughly a thirty-three year cycle rather than staying in one.

The months alternate between 29 and 30 days, so a Hijri year runs to either 354 or 355 days. There is no leap month: the calendar is purely lunar and makes no attempt to stay aligned with the solar year, which distinguishes it from the lunisolar calendars that insert one.

How to read these dates

The Gregorian dates here are tabular — computed arithmetically from the standard civil Hijri calendar, which assumes a fixed pattern of 29- and 30-day months. They are the right dates for planning ahead, and they are what almost every calendar application shows.

An announced date can differ from a tabular one by a day in either direction, because most authorities begin a month on an actual sighting of the new crescent. Whether that sighting happens depends on the moon's age at sunset, the weather, the observer's latitude and the criteria the authority applies — none of which arithmetic can anticipate. For Ramadan, the two Eids and the Day of Arafah in particular, follow the announcement of the authority you observe with. See how the Hijri calendar works for the full explanation.

Other years

• 1446 AH
• 1447 AH
• 1448 AH
• 1449 AH
• 1451 AH
• 1452 AH
• 1453 AH
• 1454 AH
• 1455 AH