Islamic calendar · Muharram 1449 AH
When is Ashura in 2027?
Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Hijri calendar — a day many Muslims fast. Here is when 10 Muharram 1449 AH is expected to fall, with a countdown and the surrounding years.
Short answer
Tuesday 15 June 2027 (10 Muharram 1449 AH), with the date beginning the evening before, Monday 14 June 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.
Expected Tuesday 15 June 2027
How this date is set
This date is set by the Islamic lunar calendar, not the Gregorian one. Muharram is the first 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.
Ashura sits nine days into the Hijri year: 10 Muharram. For 1449, with 1 Muharram expected on Sunday 6 June 2027, the 10th falls on Tuesday 15 June 2027. A day many Muslims fast, it is dated like every Hijri date — by the month's start — so communities that begin Muharram a day later keep 10 Muharram but observe it on Wednesday 16 June instead.
Ashura 2027 around the years
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.
Ashura 2027: expected dates for the surrounding Hijri years
| Hijri date | Expected Gregorian date | Weekday | Notes |
|---|
| 10 Muharram 1448 AH | 25 June 2026 | Thursday | previous cycle |
| 10 Muharram 1449 AH | 15 June 2027 | Tuesday | this page |
| 10 Muharram 1450 AH | 3 June 2028 | Saturday | next cycle |
All rows are Umm al-Qura estimates; each carries the same ±1 day moon-sighting uncertainty. Generated 2026-08-24.
Frequently asked questions
When is Ashura in 2027?
10 Muharram 1449 AH is expected on Tuesday 15 June 2027 (Umm al-Qura), with the day beginning the evening before, Monday 14 June. Moon sighting can shift it by a day.
When was Ashura in 2026, and when is it in 2028?
10 Muharram 1448 AH fell on or around 25 June 2026; 10 Muharram 1450 AH is expected on 3 June 2028.
How is the Ashura date worked out?
It is fixed at 10 Muharram in the Hijri calendar; the Gregorian date follows from when Muharram begins, which this page estimates with the Umm al-Qura calculation.
