When is Eid al-Adha?
Sunday,
May 16, 2027
Begins at sundown on Saturday, May 15, 2027 (sunset is 8:05 PM in New York). Local moon sighting can move the start by a day. 184 days from today. Every year in range is listed below.
- Next
- Sun, May 16
- Day of week
- Sunday
- Category
- Religious
- Days away
- 184
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.
Eid al-Adha in every year
- Eid al-Adha 2026Wed, May 27
- Eid al-Adha 2027Sun, May 16
- Eid al-Adha 2028Fri, May 5
- Eid al-Adha 2029Tue, Apr 24
- Eid al-Adha 2030Sat, Apr 13
- Eid al-Adha 2031Wed, Apr 2