Convert 18 Dhuʾl-Hijjah 1447 AH to Gregorian
Gregorian equivalent
Thursday, 4 June 2026
Hijri date
18 Dhuʾl-Hijjah 1447 AH
What marks 18 Dhuʾl-Hijjah?
Day of the week Thursday
Gregorian date June 2026
On this Hijri day
The martyrdom of ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan (may Allah be pleased with him) · 35 AH
The rebels stormed the house of the aged caliph ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan after a forty-day siege and killed him while he was fasting and reciting the Qur'an. He had refused that a Muslim's blood be shed in his defence, so his killing was the door to strife to this day.
Read the full story ← Notes on this day
- Falls on Thursday, one of the days the Prophet ﷺ regularly kept a voluntary fast.
- Dhuʾl-Hijjah is one of the four sacred months whose sanctity God magnified.
- Day 18 of 29 in Dhuʾl-Hijjah 1447 AH — the second third of the month.
About Dhuʾl-Hijjah
A sacred month; home to Hajj, Eid al-Adha, and the first ten days are considered the most blessed of the year
View full Dhuʾl-Hijjah 1447 AH calendar ←18 Dhuʾl-Hijjah across years
How are these dates calculated?
Dates are calculated astronomically per the Umm al-Qura standard used in Saudi Arabia. Countries relying on direct moon sighting may differ by about one day.