Islamic calendar · Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH
The Day of Arafah is the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah, the day the pilgrims stand at Arafah — a day many Muslims fast.
Saturday 15 May 2027 (9 Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH), with the date beginning the evening before, Friday 14 May 2027.
±1 day · Dates on this page are astronomical (Umm al-Qura) estimates. Dates your community actually observes — especially around Ramadan and the Eids — can differ by a day based on local moon sighting.The Prophet ﷺ said there is no day on which Allah frees more people from the Fire than the day of Arafah. He draws near, and speaks of the pilgrims to the angels: what do they want?
He also said: Hajj is Arafah. And for those not on Hajj, fasting this day wipes out the sins of the year before and the year after.
Sahih Muslim 1348 · Jami' at-Tirmidhi 889 · Sahih Muslim 1162لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۚ فَإِذَآ أَفَضْتُم مِّنْ عَرَفَٰتٍۢ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عِندَ ٱلْمَشْعَرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَٱذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَإِن كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
There is no blame upon you for seeking bounty from your Lord [during Hajj]. But when you depart from 'Arafat, remember Allah at al- Mash'ar al-Haram. And remember Him, as He has guided you, for indeed, you were before that among those astray.
The Prophet ﷺ did not fast at Arafah during his Hajj. When people wondered whether he was fasting, he drank a cup of milk on his camel.
Sahih Muslim 1162 · Sahih al-Bukhari 1988Allah frees more people from the Fire on this day than on any other.
Sahih Muslim 1348At Arafah the Prophet ﷺ stood facing the qiblah until the sun set.
Sahih Muslim 1218Quraysh stayed at Muzdalifah while the other Arabs stood at Arafah. Islam told everyone, the Prophet ﷺ too, to stand at Arafah and leave from there.
Sahih al-Bukhari 4520 · Al-Baqarah 2:199At midday the Prophet ﷺ spoke to the people from the bottom of the valley: your blood and your property are sacred, like the sacredness of this day.
Sahih Muslim 1218The ayah "This day I have perfected for you your religion" came down while he was at Arafah. Umar said it was a Friday.
Sahih al-Bukhari 45 · Sahih Muslim 3017Read and listen in the Niyat app
This date is set by the Islamic lunar calendar, not the Gregorian one. Dhul-Hijjah is the twelfth month of the twelve Hijri months, and each Hijri month runs 29 or 30 days, beginning with the birth of the new moon. Twelve lunar months make a year of 354 or 355 days — about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year — so the same Islamic date lands about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year.
The Gregorian date shown is the Umm al-Qura calculation: the official Islamic calendar of Saudi Arabia, built from astronomical calculation of the new moon, and the calendar this site's Hijri calendar converter uses. Other communities wait for the new crescent to be seen with the eye, or follow a different country's announcement — so the day your community actually observes can sit a day either side of the estimate. Because the Islamic day begins at sunset, the date begins the evening before the Gregorian day shown.
The Day of Arafah is fixed at 9 Dhul-Hijjah, the day before Eid al-Adha, and is the principal day of the Hajj rites. For 1448, with 1 Dhul-Hijjah expected on Friday 7 May 2027, the ninth falls on Saturday 15 May 2027. Communities that begin Dhul-Hijjah by physical sighting a day later keep 9 Dhul-Hijjah but observe it on Sunday 16 May instead.
The same Hijri date, three cycles running. The Hijri year is about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year, so each cycle lands earlier in the Gregorian calendar.
| Hijri date | Expected Gregorian date | Weekday | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dhul-Hijjah 1447 AH | 26 May 2026 | Tuesday | previous cycle |
| 9 Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH | 15 May 2027 | Saturday | this page |
| 9 Dhul-Hijjah 1449 AH | 4 May 2028 | Thursday | next cycle |
All rows are Umm al-Qura estimates; each carries the same ±1 day moon-sighting uncertainty. Generated 2026-09-24.
9 Dhul-Hijjah 1448 AH is expected on Saturday 15 May 2027 (Umm al-Qura), with the day beginning the evening before, Friday 14 May. Moon sighting can shift it by a day.
Eid al-Adha is 10 Dhul-Hijjah, the day after the Day of Arafah — expected Sunday 16 May 2027.
9 Dhul-Hijjah 1447 AH fell on or around 26 May 2026; 9 Dhul-Hijjah 1449 AH is expected on 4 May 2028.
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