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Islamic Calendar 2016 (1437–1438 AH)

The Gregorian year 2016 begins on 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1437 and ends on 2 Rabi Al Thani 1438 in the Islamic Hijri calendar. The Islamic New Year 1438 AH begins on Sunday, 2 October 2016. Below you will find all Islamic holidays in 2016 and the Hijri date for every day of the year, based on the Umm Al-Qura calendar. Dates that depend on moon sighting may differ by a day in your country.

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Islamic Holidays 2016

OccasionHijri dateDate
Isra and Mi'raj 27 Rajab 1437 (night before) Evening of Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Shab-e-Barat 15 Shaban 1437 (night before) Evening of Saturday, 21 May 2016
Start of Ramadan 1 Ramadan 1437 Monday, 6 June 2016
Laylatul Qadr 27 Ramadan 1437 (night before) Evening of Friday, 1 July 2016
Eid al-Fitr 1 Shawwal 1437 Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Hajj 8 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1437 Friday, 9 September 2016
Day of Arafah 9 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1437 Saturday, 10 September 2016
Eid al-Adha 10 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1437 Sunday, 11 September 2016
Islamic New Year 1 Muharram 1438 Sunday, 2 October 2016
Ashura 10 Muharram 1438 Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Mawlid an-Nabi 12 Rabi Al-Awwal 1438 Sunday, 11 December 2016

Hijri Calendar 2016: Month by Month

January 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
2 Sat 22 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
3 Sun 23 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
4 Mon 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
5 Tue 25 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
6 Wed 26 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
7 Thu 27 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
8 Fri 28 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
9 Sat 29 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
10 Sun 30 Rabi Al Awwal 1437
11 Mon 1 Rabi Al Thani 1437
12 Tue 2 Rabi Al Thani 1437
13 Wed 3 Rabi Al Thani 1437
14 Thu 4 Rabi Al Thani 1437
15 Fri 5 Rabi Al Thani 1437
16 Sat 6 Rabi Al Thani 1437
17 Sun 7 Rabi Al Thani 1437
18 Mon 8 Rabi Al Thani 1437
19 Tue 9 Rabi Al Thani 1437
20 Wed 10 Rabi Al Thani 1437
21 Thu 11 Rabi Al Thani 1437
22 Fri 12 Rabi Al Thani 1437
23 Sat 13 Rabi Al Thani 1437
24 Sun 14 Rabi Al Thani 1437
25 Mon 15 Rabi Al Thani 1437
26 Tue 16 Rabi Al Thani 1437
27 Wed 17 Rabi Al Thani 1437
28 Thu 18 Rabi Al Thani 1437
29 Fri 19 Rabi Al Thani 1437
30 Sat 20 Rabi Al Thani 1437
31 Sun 21 Rabi Al Thani 1437

February 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Mon 22 Rabi Al Thani 1437
2 Tue 23 Rabi Al Thani 1437
3 Wed 24 Rabi Al Thani 1437
4 Thu 25 Rabi Al Thani 1437
5 Fri 26 Rabi Al Thani 1437
6 Sat 27 Rabi Al Thani 1437
7 Sun 28 Rabi Al Thani 1437
8 Mon 29 Rabi Al Thani 1437
9 Tue 30 Rabi Al Thani 1437
10 Wed 1 Jumada Al Oula 1437
11 Thu 2 Jumada Al Oula 1437
12 Fri 3 Jumada Al Oula 1437
13 Sat 4 Jumada Al Oula 1437
14 Sun 5 Jumada Al Oula 1437
15 Mon 6 Jumada Al Oula 1437
16 Tue 7 Jumada Al Oula 1437
17 Wed 8 Jumada Al Oula 1437
18 Thu 9 Jumada Al Oula 1437
19 Fri 10 Jumada Al Oula 1437
20 Sat 11 Jumada Al Oula 1437
21 Sun 12 Jumada Al Oula 1437
22 Mon 13 Jumada Al Oula 1437
23 Tue 14 Jumada Al Oula 1437
24 Wed 15 Jumada Al Oula 1437
25 Thu 16 Jumada Al Oula 1437
26 Fri 17 Jumada Al Oula 1437
27 Sat 18 Jumada Al Oula 1437
28 Sun 19 Jumada Al Oula 1437
29 Mon 20 Jumada Al Oula 1437

March 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Tue 21 Jumada Al Oula 1437
2 Wed 22 Jumada Al Oula 1437
3 Thu 23 Jumada Al Oula 1437
4 Fri 24 Jumada Al Oula 1437
5 Sat 25 Jumada Al Oula 1437
6 Sun 26 Jumada Al Oula 1437
7 Mon 27 Jumada Al Oula 1437
8 Tue 28 Jumada Al Oula 1437
9 Wed 29 Jumada Al Oula 1437
10 Thu 1 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
11 Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
12 Sat 3 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
13 Sun 4 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
14 Mon 5 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
15 Tue 6 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
16 Wed 7 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
17 Thu 8 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
18 Fri 9 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
19 Sat 10 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
20 Sun 11 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
21 Mon 12 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
22 Tue 13 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
23 Wed 14 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
24 Thu 15 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
25 Fri 16 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
26 Sat 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
27 Sun 18 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
28 Mon 19 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
29 Tue 20 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
30 Wed 21 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
31 Thu 22 Jumada Al Akhira 1437

April 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Fri 23 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
2 Sat 24 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
3 Sun 25 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
4 Mon 26 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
5 Tue 27 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
6 Wed 28 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
7 Thu 29 Jumada Al Akhira 1437
8 Fri 1 Rajab 1437
9 Sat 2 Rajab 1437
10 Sun 3 Rajab 1437
11 Mon 4 Rajab 1437
12 Tue 5 Rajab 1437
13 Wed 6 Rajab 1437
14 Thu 7 Rajab 1437
15 Fri 8 Rajab 1437
16 Sat 9 Rajab 1437
17 Sun 10 Rajab 1437
18 Mon 11 Rajab 1437
19 Tue 12 Rajab 1437
20 Wed 13 Rajab 1437
21 Thu 14 Rajab 1437
22 Fri 15 Rajab 1437
23 Sat 16 Rajab 1437
24 Sun 17 Rajab 1437
25 Mon 18 Rajab 1437
26 Tue 19 Rajab 1437
27 Wed 20 Rajab 1437
28 Thu 21 Rajab 1437
29 Fri 22 Rajab 1437
30 Sat 23 Rajab 1437

May 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Sun 24 Rajab 1437
2 Mon 25 Rajab 1437
3 Tue 26 Rajab 1437
4 Wed 27 Rajab 1437 Isra and Mi'raj
5 Thu 28 Rajab 1437
6 Fri 29 Rajab 1437
7 Sat 30 Rajab 1437
8 Sun 1 Shaban 1437
9 Mon 2 Shaban 1437
10 Tue 3 Shaban 1437
11 Wed 4 Shaban 1437
12 Thu 5 Shaban 1437
13 Fri 6 Shaban 1437
14 Sat 7 Shaban 1437
15 Sun 8 Shaban 1437
16 Mon 9 Shaban 1437
17 Tue 10 Shaban 1437
18 Wed 11 Shaban 1437
19 Thu 12 Shaban 1437
20 Fri 13 Shaban 1437
21 Sat 14 Shaban 1437
22 Sun 15 Shaban 1437 Shab-e-Barat
23 Mon 16 Shaban 1437
24 Tue 17 Shaban 1437
25 Wed 18 Shaban 1437
26 Thu 19 Shaban 1437
27 Fri 20 Shaban 1437
28 Sat 21 Shaban 1437
29 Sun 22 Shaban 1437
30 Mon 23 Shaban 1437
31 Tue 24 Shaban 1437

June 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Wed 25 Shaban 1437
2 Thu 26 Shaban 1437
3 Fri 27 Shaban 1437
4 Sat 28 Shaban 1437
5 Sun 29 Shaban 1437
6 Mon 1 Ramadan 1437 Start of Ramadan
7 Tue 2 Ramadan 1437
8 Wed 3 Ramadan 1437
9 Thu 4 Ramadan 1437
10 Fri 5 Ramadan 1437
11 Sat 6 Ramadan 1437
12 Sun 7 Ramadan 1437
13 Mon 8 Ramadan 1437
14 Tue 9 Ramadan 1437
15 Wed 10 Ramadan 1437
16 Thu 11 Ramadan 1437
17 Fri 12 Ramadan 1437
18 Sat 13 Ramadan 1437
19 Sun 14 Ramadan 1437
20 Mon 15 Ramadan 1437
21 Tue 16 Ramadan 1437
22 Wed 17 Ramadan 1437
23 Thu 18 Ramadan 1437
24 Fri 19 Ramadan 1437
25 Sat 20 Ramadan 1437
26 Sun 21 Ramadan 1437
27 Mon 22 Ramadan 1437
28 Tue 23 Ramadan 1437
29 Wed 24 Ramadan 1437
30 Thu 25 Ramadan 1437

July 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Fri 26 Ramadan 1437
2 Sat 27 Ramadan 1437 Laylatul Qadr
3 Sun 28 Ramadan 1437
4 Mon 29 Ramadan 1437
5 Tue 30 Ramadan 1437
6 Wed 1 Shawwal 1437 Eid al-Fitr
7 Thu 2 Shawwal 1437
8 Fri 3 Shawwal 1437
9 Sat 4 Shawwal 1437
10 Sun 5 Shawwal 1437
11 Mon 6 Shawwal 1437
12 Tue 7 Shawwal 1437
13 Wed 8 Shawwal 1437
14 Thu 9 Shawwal 1437
15 Fri 10 Shawwal 1437
16 Sat 11 Shawwal 1437
17 Sun 12 Shawwal 1437
18 Mon 13 Shawwal 1437
19 Tue 14 Shawwal 1437
20 Wed 15 Shawwal 1437
21 Thu 16 Shawwal 1437
22 Fri 17 Shawwal 1437
23 Sat 18 Shawwal 1437
24 Sun 19 Shawwal 1437
25 Mon 20 Shawwal 1437
26 Tue 21 Shawwal 1437
27 Wed 22 Shawwal 1437
28 Thu 23 Shawwal 1437
29 Fri 24 Shawwal 1437
30 Sat 25 Shawwal 1437
31 Sun 26 Shawwal 1437

August 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Mon 27 Shawwal 1437
2 Tue 28 Shawwal 1437
3 Wed 29 Shawwal 1437
4 Thu 1 Dhul Qidah 1437
5 Fri 2 Dhul Qidah 1437
6 Sat 3 Dhul Qidah 1437
7 Sun 4 Dhul Qidah 1437
8 Mon 5 Dhul Qidah 1437
9 Tue 6 Dhul Qidah 1437
10 Wed 7 Dhul Qidah 1437
11 Thu 8 Dhul Qidah 1437
12 Fri 9 Dhul Qidah 1437
13 Sat 10 Dhul Qidah 1437
14 Sun 11 Dhul Qidah 1437
15 Mon 12 Dhul Qidah 1437
16 Tue 13 Dhul Qidah 1437
17 Wed 14 Dhul Qidah 1437
18 Thu 15 Dhul Qidah 1437
19 Fri 16 Dhul Qidah 1437
20 Sat 17 Dhul Qidah 1437
21 Sun 18 Dhul Qidah 1437
22 Mon 19 Dhul Qidah 1437
23 Tue 20 Dhul Qidah 1437
24 Wed 21 Dhul Qidah 1437
25 Thu 22 Dhul Qidah 1437
26 Fri 23 Dhul Qidah 1437
27 Sat 24 Dhul Qidah 1437
28 Sun 25 Dhul Qidah 1437
29 Mon 26 Dhul Qidah 1437
30 Tue 27 Dhul Qidah 1437
31 Wed 28 Dhul Qidah 1437

September 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Thu 29 Dhul Qidah 1437
2 Fri 1 Dhul Hijjah 1437
3 Sat 2 Dhul Hijjah 1437
4 Sun 3 Dhul Hijjah 1437
5 Mon 4 Dhul Hijjah 1437
6 Tue 5 Dhul Hijjah 1437
7 Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1437
8 Thu 7 Dhul Hijjah 1437
9 Fri 8 Dhul Hijjah 1437 Hajj
10 Sat 9 Dhul Hijjah 1437 Day of Arafah
11 Sun 10 Dhul Hijjah 1437 Eid al-Adha
12 Mon 11 Dhul Hijjah 1437
13 Tue 12 Dhul Hijjah 1437
14 Wed 13 Dhul Hijjah 1437
15 Thu 14 Dhul Hijjah 1437
16 Fri 15 Dhul Hijjah 1437
17 Sat 16 Dhul Hijjah 1437
18 Sun 17 Dhul Hijjah 1437
19 Mon 18 Dhul Hijjah 1437
20 Tue 19 Dhul Hijjah 1437
21 Wed 20 Dhul Hijjah 1437
22 Thu 21 Dhul Hijjah 1437
23 Fri 22 Dhul Hijjah 1437
24 Sat 23 Dhul Hijjah 1437
25 Sun 24 Dhul Hijjah 1437
26 Mon 25 Dhul Hijjah 1437
27 Tue 26 Dhul Hijjah 1437
28 Wed 27 Dhul Hijjah 1437
29 Thu 28 Dhul Hijjah 1437
30 Fri 29 Dhul Hijjah 1437

October 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Sat 30 Dhul Hijjah 1437
2 Sun 1 Muharram 1438 Islamic New Year
3 Mon 2 Muharram 1438
4 Tue 3 Muharram 1438
5 Wed 4 Muharram 1438
6 Thu 5 Muharram 1438
7 Fri 6 Muharram 1438
8 Sat 7 Muharram 1438
9 Sun 8 Muharram 1438
10 Mon 9 Muharram 1438
11 Tue 10 Muharram 1438 Ashura
12 Wed 11 Muharram 1438
13 Thu 12 Muharram 1438
14 Fri 13 Muharram 1438
15 Sat 14 Muharram 1438
16 Sun 15 Muharram 1438
17 Mon 16 Muharram 1438
18 Tue 17 Muharram 1438
19 Wed 18 Muharram 1438
20 Thu 19 Muharram 1438
21 Fri 20 Muharram 1438
22 Sat 21 Muharram 1438
23 Sun 22 Muharram 1438
24 Mon 23 Muharram 1438
25 Tue 24 Muharram 1438
26 Wed 25 Muharram 1438
27 Thu 26 Muharram 1438
28 Fri 27 Muharram 1438
29 Sat 28 Muharram 1438
30 Sun 29 Muharram 1438
31 Mon 30 Muharram 1438

November 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Tue 1 Safar 1438
2 Wed 2 Safar 1438
3 Thu 3 Safar 1438
4 Fri 4 Safar 1438
5 Sat 5 Safar 1438
6 Sun 6 Safar 1438
7 Mon 7 Safar 1438
8 Tue 8 Safar 1438
9 Wed 9 Safar 1438
10 Thu 10 Safar 1438
11 Fri 11 Safar 1438
12 Sat 12 Safar 1438
13 Sun 13 Safar 1438
14 Mon 14 Safar 1438
15 Tue 15 Safar 1438
16 Wed 16 Safar 1438
17 Thu 17 Safar 1438
18 Fri 18 Safar 1438
19 Sat 19 Safar 1438
20 Sun 20 Safar 1438
21 Mon 21 Safar 1438
22 Tue 22 Safar 1438
23 Wed 23 Safar 1438
24 Thu 24 Safar 1438
25 Fri 25 Safar 1438
26 Sat 26 Safar 1438
27 Sun 27 Safar 1438
28 Mon 28 Safar 1438
29 Tue 29 Safar 1438
30 Wed 1 Rabi Al Awwal 1438

December 2016

DateDayHijri date
1 Thu 2 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
2 Fri 3 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
3 Sat 4 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
4 Sun 5 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
5 Mon 6 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
6 Tue 7 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
7 Wed 8 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
8 Thu 9 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
9 Fri 10 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
10 Sat 11 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
11 Sun 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1438 Mawlid an-Nabi
12 Mon 13 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
13 Tue 14 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
14 Wed 15 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
15 Thu 16 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
16 Fri 17 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
17 Sat 18 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
18 Sun 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
19 Mon 20 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
20 Tue 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
21 Wed 22 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
22 Thu 23 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
23 Fri 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
24 Sat 25 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
25 Sun 26 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
26 Mon 27 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
27 Tue 28 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
28 Wed 29 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
29 Thu 30 Rabi Al Awwal 1438
30 Fri 1 Rabi Al Thani 1438
31 Sat 2 Rabi Al Thani 1438

Hijri Year Calendars

Islamic Hijri Calendar 1437 AH Islamic Hijri Calendar 1438 AH Ramadan 2016

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Hijri year is 2016?

2016 corresponds to the Hijri years 1437–1438 AH. 1 January 2016 is 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1437 and 31 December 2016 is 2 Rabi Al Thani 1438.

When is the Islamic New Year 1438?

The Islamic New Year 1438 AH (1 Muharram) is expected on Sunday, 2 October 2016.

When is Start of Ramadan 2016?

Start of Ramadan 2016 is expected on Monday, 6 June 2016 (1 Ramadan 1437 AH), subject to moon sighting.

When is Eid al-Fitr 2016?

Eid al-Fitr 2016 is expected on Wednesday, 6 July 2016 (1 Shawwal 1437 AH), subject to moon sighting.

When is Eid al-Adha 2016?

Eid al-Adha 2016 is expected on Sunday, 11 September 2016 (10 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1437 AH), subject to moon sighting.