Islamic Date Today in Pakistan: Jumada al Awwal 1448 Calendar, Day by Day

The Islamic date today in Pakistan, Sunday 25 October 2026, is 13 Jumada al Awwal 1448 AH. The month began on Tuesday 13 October 2026, after the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee saw the moon on the evening of 12 October. Below you will find every day of the month, the date the next month is due, and how to check the date yourself.

We read the federal notification on the Ministry of Religious Affairs news page on 25 October 2026. It is the official source for the Hijri date in Pakistan. Wall calendars and phone apps are printed in advance, so they can be one day off.

Jumada al Awwal 1448 began on Tuesday 13 October 2026

The Ministry of Religious Affairs notified that the moon of Jumada al Awwal 1448 was sighted on 12 October 2026, so the first day of the month was Tuesday 13 October 2026. Every date in Pakistan this month counts from that day.

The notification is dated Islamabad, 12 October 2026, and carries the number F. 10(1)/DD (Q)/2016. It says the decision came from the Chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee at a meeting held that day. It is marked for publication in the next Gazette of Pakistan, which is how a moon decision becomes part of the official record.

So the count is simple. 13 October was the 1st. Add one for each day after that. That puts Sunday 25 October 2026 at the 13th.

The full Jumada al Awwal 1448 calendar for Pakistan

Jumada al Awwal 1448 runs from 13 October 2026 to 10 or 11 November 2026 in Pakistan. The table gives the Islamic date for each daytime. Day 30 exists only if the committee does not see the new moon on the evening of 10 November.

We worked the table out ourselves from the ministry's start date. The ministry does not publish a day-by-day list, only the first day of each month.

The Islamic date changes at sunset, not at midnight

An Islamic day begins at Maghrib, the sunset prayer, and runs to the next sunset. So after sunset on 25 October 2026, many people already count 14 Jumada al Awwal, even though the table shows that date against 26 October.

The table above follows the usual way dates are written on letters, Nikah forms and wall calendars: the Hijri date that applies during the daytime. If you are fixing the night of a religious event, such as a gathering on the eve of a date, count from the sunset before.

That one detail explains most of the "my calendar says something else" arguments in family groups. Both answers can be right, depending on whether you mean the daytime or the evening.

Jumada al Akhir 1448 is expected on 12 November 2026

The Pakistan Meteorological Department's probable lunar calendar expects 1 Jumada al Akhir 1448 on 12 November 2026, after a new moon at 12:02 PKT on 9 November. The committee will look for the moon on the evening of 29 Jumada al Awwal, which falls on 10 November.

Two results are possible. If the committee sees the moon on 10 November, the new month starts on Wednesday 11 November. If it does not, Jumada al Awwal runs to 30 days and Jumada al Akhir starts on Thursday 12 November, which matches the PMD estimate. We took the PMD figures from its lunar calendar page, which links to its 2026 moon table with the expected first day of each month up to Rajab 1448, due on 11 December 2026.

The same table explains why PMD leans towards the later date. At Karachi sunset on 10 November, it expects the new moon to be 29 hours and 45 minutes old, about 5 degrees above the horizon, and to set only 32 minutes after the sun. That is a thin, low crescent, so PMD marks Jumada al Awwal as a 30-day month.

Treat the PMD dates as a forecast. Only the ministry's notification after the committee meeting settles the date in Pakistan.

Every 1448 month so far, from the ministry's notifications

The ministry's last three moon notifications put 1 Rabi ul Awwal 1448 on 15 August, 1 Rabi us Sani on 14 September and 1 Jumada al Awwal on 13 October 2026. Two of those meetings did not see the moon, so those months ran to 30 days.

The Rabi ul Awwal start is why Eid Milad-un-Nabi fell on 26 August 2026, the 12th of that month. For the bigger dates of the coming year, the expected Ramadan, Eid and Ashura dates for 2027 follow the same moon chain.

One small point if you check the source yourself: the ministry's news list labels the Rabi ul Awwal and Rabi us Sani items as 1447 AH, but the signed notifications inside both say 1448 AH. The notifications are the record.

How to check the Islamic date yourself in two minutes

Open the Ministry of Religious Affairs latest news list, find the most recent moon sighting notification, note its first day, and count forward. PMD's lunar calendar gives the expected start of the next month.

1. Go to the ministry's latest news page and look for an item titled "Moon sighting of" followed by the month name.
2. Open it and read the date in bold: "the 1st ... shall commence from" a weekday and a date.
3. Count the days from that date to today. The first day is day 1, not day 0.
4. Remember that the Islamic day starts at sunset, so after Maghrib you may need to add one.
5. For the next month, check PMD's lunar calendar, then wait for the ministry's notice on the evening of the 29th.

Umrah travellers often need the Hijri date for visa and stay limits. The Umrah 1448 season deadlines for Pakistani pilgrims are set in Gregorian dates, so convert with care.

Common questions

What is the Islamic date today in Pakistan?

Sunday 25 October 2026 is 13 Jumada al Awwal 1448 AH in Pakistan, counting from the ministry's start date of 13 October 2026. After sunset it becomes 14 Jumada al Awwal by Islamic reckoning.

When did Jumada al Awwal 1448 start in Pakistan?

It started on Tuesday 13 October 2026. The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee saw the moon on 12 October and the ministry notified the date the same day.

When will Jumada al Akhir 1448 start?

PMD expects 12 November 2026. It could be 11 November if the committee sees the moon on the evening of 10 November. Wait for the ministry's notification that evening.

Why does my phone show a different Islamic date?

Most apps use a fixed astronomical or Saudi-based calendar set in advance. Pakistan follows its own committee's sighting, so an app can be one day ahead or behind. The ministry's notice is the official date.

How many days are in Jumada al Awwal 1448?

It will have 29 or 30 days. That depends on whether the new moon is seen on 10 November 2026, the 29th of the month.

Is there a public holiday in Jumada al Awwal?

No federal public holiday is tied to Jumada al Awwal. Pakistan's Islamic holidays fall in Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhul Hijjah, Muharram and Rabi ul Awwal.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

We read the Ministry of Religious Affairs latest news list and opened the signed moon notifications for Rabi ul Awwal 1448 (dated 13 August 2026), Rabi us Sani 1448 (12 September 2026) and Jumada al Awwal 1448 (12 October 2026) on 25 October 2026. On the same date we opened PMD's 2026 moon table (probable2026.pdf, Climate Data Processing Center, Karachi, dated 3 October 2025) from its lunar calendar page and took the expected dates, the 9 November new moon time, the moon's age, altitude and moonset gap for Jumada al Akhir, and the Rajab date. The day-by-day table and the weekday for each date are our own count from the ministry's start date. We could not verify the ministry's 2026 arrangements notice for the Jumada al Awwal meeting: its page carries an older file from November 2025, so we have not listed committee phone numbers here.