When is Day of Arafah?
Saturday,
May 15, 2027
Begins at sundown on Friday, May 14, 2027 (sunset is 8:04 PM in New York). Local moon sighting can move the start by a day. 183 days from today. Every year in range is listed below.
- Next
- Sat, May 15
- Day of week
- Saturday
- Category
- Religious
- Days away
- 183
How the date is set
The Hijri calendar is purely lunar, with no leap month at all. Twelve lunar months run about eleven days shorter than a solar year, so the Gregorian date walks backwards through the seasons and returns to where it started roughly every thirty-three years.
Day of Arafah in every year
- Day of Arafah 2026Tue, May 26
- Day of Arafah 2027Sat, May 15
- Day of Arafah 2028Thu, May 4
- Day of Arafah 2029Mon, Apr 23
- Day of Arafah 2030Fri, Apr 12
- Day of Arafah 2031Tue, Apr 1