When is Mawlid al-Nabi?
Saturday,
August 14, 2027
Begins at sundown on Friday, August 13, 2027 (sunset is 7:56 PM in New York). Local moon sighting can move the start by a day. 274 days from today. Every year in range is listed below.
- Next
- Sat, Aug 14
- Day of week
- Saturday
- Category
- Religious
- Days away
- 274
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.
Mawlid al-Nabi in every year
- Mawlid al-Nabi 2026Tue, Aug 25
- Mawlid al-Nabi 2027Sat, Aug 14
- Mawlid al-Nabi 2028Thu, Aug 3
- Mawlid al-Nabi 2029Tue, Jul 24
- Mawlid al-Nabi 2030Sat, Jul 13
- Mawlid al-Nabi 2031Wed, Jul 2