Eid Al-Adha - Eid Al-Adha in The Gregorian Calendar

Eid Al-Adha in The Gregorian Calendar

While Eid al-Adha is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. The lunar calendar is approximately eleven days shorter than the solar calendar. Each year, Eid al-Adha (like other Islamic holidays) falls on one of two different Gregorian dates in different parts of the world, because the boundary of crescent visibility is different from the International Date Line.

The following list shows the official dates of Eid al-Adha for Saudi Arabia as announced by the Supreme Judicial Council. Future dates are estimated according to the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia. However, it should be noted that the Umm al-Quraa is just guide for planning purposes and not the absolute determinant or fixer of dates. Confirmations of actual dates by moon sighting are applied to announce the specific dates for both Hajj rituals and the subsequent Eid festival. The three days after the listed date are also part of the festival. The time before the listed date the pilgrims visit the Mount Arafat and descend from it after sunrise of the listed day. Future dates of Eid al-Adha might face correction 10 days before the festivity, in case of deviant lunar sighting in Saudi Arabia for the start of the month Dhul Hijja.

• 1418 (Islamic Calendar): 7 April 1998
• 1419 (Islamic Calendar): 27 March 1999
• 1420 (Islamic Calendar): 16 March 2000
• 1421 (Islamic Calendar): 5 March 2001
• 1422 (Islamic Calendar): 23 February 2002
• 1423 (Islamic Calendar): 12 February 2003
• 1424 (Islamic Calendar): 1 February 2004
• 1425 (Islamic Calendar): 21 January 2005
• 1426 (Islamic Calendar): 10 January 2006
• 1427 (Islamic Calendar): 31 December 2006
• 1428 (Islamic Calendar): 20 December 2007
• 1429 (Islamic Calendar): 8 December 2008
• 1430 (Islamic Calendar): 27 November 2009
• 1431 (Islamic Calendar): 16 November 2010
• 1432 (Islamic Calendar): 6 November 2011
• 1433 (Islamic Calendar): 26 October 2012
• 1434 (Islamic Calendar): 15 October 2013 (calculated)
• 1435 (Islamic Calendar): 4 October 2014 (calculated)
• 1436 (Islamic Calendar): 23 September 2015 (calculated)
• 1437 (Islamic Calendar): 11 September 2016 (calculated)
• 1438 (Islamic Calendar): 1 September 2017 (calculated)
• 1439 (Islamic Calendar): 21 August 2018 (calculated)
• 1440 (Islamic Calendar): 11 August 2019 (calculated)
• 1441 (Islamic Calendar): 31 July 2020 (calculated)
• 1442 (Islamic Calendar): 20 July 2021 (calculated)