See a live countdown to both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, updating every second from today's date, with an automatic Eid Mubarak message on the day itself.
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Eid al-Fitr (1 Shawwal) marks the end of the Ramadan fast, and Eid al-Adha (10 Dhul Hijjah, extending through the days of Tashreeq to the 13th) marks the culmination of the Hajj season and the Sunnah of animal sacrifice (Udhiyah/Qurbani). Both are fixed dates on the Islamic lunar calendar, so their Gregorian date shifts earlier by about 10 to 12 days every year, cycling through all four seasons over roughly three decades. This calculator converts today's Gregorian date into the Hijri calendar using the tabular Kuwaiti algorithm — the same conversion method used consistently across this website — then calculates the Gregorian date of the next 1 Shawwal and next 10 Dhul Hijjah, and counts down to whichever comes first. On the day of either Eid, or during the days of Tashreeq that follow Eid al-Adha, the page switches automatically to an Eid Mubarak message and a countdown to the next Eid instead. Because tabular calculation is a mathematical estimate rather than an actual moon sighting, the real, locally-announced Eid date can shift by a day in either direction depending on your country's moon-sighting authority.
The run-up to either Eid carries its own anticipation — the final stretch of a fasting month, or the final days before Hajj reaches its peak — and for many people that anticipation comes with a simple, recurring question: exactly how many days are left? Because both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow the Hijri lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar most people use day to day, answering that question by memory or a regular wall calendar isn't straightforward.
Eid al-Fitr falls on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth Hijri month, immediately after the 29 or 30 days of Ramadan fasting come to an end. It is marked by the Eid prayer, the giving of Zakat al-Fitr before that prayer, and days of family visits and festive meals. Eid al-Adha falls on the tenth of Dhul Hijjah, the twelfth and final Hijri month, at the peak of the Hajj pilgrimage, and is marked by the Eid prayer and the Sunnah of Udhiyah (sacrificing an eligible animal and distributing the meat), continuing through the days of Tashreeq that follow.
Because the Hijri calendar's twelve lunar months add up to only 354 or 355 days a year, roughly 10 to 12 days short of the Gregorian year, both Eid dates drift steadily earlier through the Gregorian calendar with each passing year — cycling through winter, spring, summer, and fall over a span of about 33 years. An Eid al-Fitr that falls in March one year might fall in February the next, continuing to shift for decades before returning to where it started.
This calculator handles that shifting calculation automatically and live. It converts today's date into the Hijri calendar using the tabular Kuwaiti algorithm — the same well-established method used consistently throughout this website's Hijri tools — and works out the precise Gregorian date of the next 1 Shawwal and next 10 Dhul Hijjah. Whichever of the two comes sooner is highlighted, and both countdowns tick down live in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, useful for planning time off work, travel, and family gatherings well ahead of time.
One detail worth understanding is what happens once an Eid actually arrives. Rather than continuing to show a countdown to a day that has already started, the tool recognizes that today is Eid and switches to a celebratory Eid Mubarak message, along with a fresh countdown to whichever Eid comes next. During the days of Tashreeq that follow Eid al-Adha, it shows which day of that wider holiday period you are currently in.
As with all tabular Hijri calculations, this is a reliable mathematical estimate rather than an official religious announcement. Most Muslim-majority countries confirm the real start of Shawwal and Dhul Hijjah through a local moon-sighting committee, which can occasionally announce a date a day earlier or later than tabular calculation suggests — worth double-checking against your country's official announcement as the date approaches.
This page converts today's Gregorian date into the Hijri calendar using the tabular Kuwaiti algorithm, then calculates the Gregorian date of 1 Shawwal (Eid al-Fitr) and 10 Dhul Hijjah (Eid al-Adha) for the current or next Hijri year.
Tabular calculation is a mathematical estimate. The real, official start of each Hijri month in most countries is confirmed by an actual moon-sighting committee, which can shift Eid by a day in either direction.
Yes, the days, hours, minutes, and seconds update every second without needing to refresh the page.
The three days after Eid al-Adha (11-13 Dhul Hijjah) are the days of Tashreeq, part of the wider Eid al-Adha holiday period. During these days the page shows which day of the Eid al-Adha holiday you are on, along with a countdown to the next Eid al-Fitr.
Yes, outside of the Eid days themselves, the page shows a live countdown to both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha side by side, with the nearer one marked Next Up.