Islamic holidays 2026

Dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar, the Saudi civil calendar. Each holiday begins at sunset on the evening before. Observance in practice is set by local moon sighting and can differ by a day between countries — these dates are a convention, not an authority.

Each holiday below begins at sunset on the evening before the date shown. Dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar; observance is set by local moon sighting and can differ by a day between countries.

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9 dates across 2026. Hover a mark for the holiday and its date.

How these dates move

Where each Islamic holiday falls in the Gregorian year, 2026 to 2043. A flat line means a fixed Gregorian date; a sloping one means the calendar drifts. The dashed line marks 2026. Lines that run off the bottom reappear at the top the following year.

Islamic holidays in 2026

Holiday	Date	Day	Away
Isra and Mi'raj	January 16	Friday	passed
Ramadan	February 18	Wednesday	passed
Laylat al-Qadr	March 16	Monday	passed
Eid al-Fitr	March 20	Friday	passed
Day of Arafah	May 26	Tuesday	passed
Eid al-Adha	May 27	Wednesday	passed
Islamic New Year	June 16	Tuesday	passed
Ashura	June 25	Thursday	passed
Mawlid al-Nabi	August 25	Tuesday	passed

Other traditions

Hindu festivals are not listed anywhere on this site. Diwali and Holi are lunisolar and vary by region and by panchang, and there is no dependable way to compute them here — publishing a guess to a religious audience is worse than publishing nothing.