Islamic calendar · Muharram 1449 AH
When is the Islamic New Year 1449?
The Islamic New Year is the first day of Muharram, the first month of the Hijri calendar. Here is when 1 Muharram 1449 AH is expected to fall, with a countdown and the surrounding years.
Short answer
Sunday 6 June 2027 (1 Muharram 1449 AH), with the date beginning the evening before, Saturday 5 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 Sunday 6 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.
The Hijri year count begins from the Prophetic migration (hijrah) from Mecca to Medina, after which the calendar was established. 1449 AH is expected to run from Sunday 6 June 2027 to late May 2028 — about 354 days, ending when 1 Muharram 1450 arrives (expected 25 May 2028). Like every Hijri month start, the New Year is confirmed by local moon sighting or your community's calendar authority.
Islamic New Year 1449 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.
Islamic New Year 1449: expected dates for the surrounding Hijri years
| Hijri date | Expected Gregorian date | Weekday | Notes |
|---|
| 1 Muharram 1448 AH | 16 June 2026 | Tuesday | previous cycle |
| 1 Muharram 1449 AH | 6 June 2027 | Sunday | this page |
| 1 Muharram 1450 AH | 25 May 2028 | Thursday | 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 the Islamic New Year in 2027?
1 Muharram 1449 AH is expected on Sunday 6 June 2027 (Umm al-Qura), with the year beginning the evening before, Saturday 5 June. Moon sighting can shift it by a day.
When was the Islamic New Year 1448?
1 Muharram 1448 AH fell on or around 16 June 2026 by the same calculation.
When is 1 Muharram 1450?
1 Muharram 1450 AH is expected on 25 May 2028.
