Milad un-Nabi · Id-e-Milad Festival The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, kept on 12 Rabi al-Awwal and a gazetted holiday of the Government of India.
Milad un-Nabi · Id-e-Milad 2027 falls on Sunday, 15 August, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Milad un-Nabi · Id-e-Milad
- தமிழ்
- மீலாது நபி
- తెలుగు
- మిలాద్ ఉన్ నబీ
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಈದ್ ಮಿಲಾದ್
- മലയാളം
- നബിദിനം
- हिन्दी
- मिलाद उन-नबी
- বাংলা
- ঈদে মিলাদুন্নবী
- मराठी
- ईद ए मिलाद
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- ਈਦ ਮਿਲਾਦ ਉਨ ਨਬੀ
- অসমীয়া
- ঈদে মিলাদুন্নবী
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Tamil Nadu calendar, computed for Chennai
- Sunday, 15 August 2027
- Thursday, 3 August 2028
- Tuesday, 24 July 2029
Where Milad un-Nabi · Id-e-Milad falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 15 Aug
- 2028: 3 Aug
- 2029: 24 Jul
The dates, year by year
Tamil Nadu calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Milad un-Nabi · Id-e-Milad |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Friday, 5 September 2025 |
| 2026 | Wednesday, 26 August 2026 |
| 2027 | Sunday, 15 August 2027 |
| 2028 | Thursday, 3 August 2028 |
| 2029 | Tuesday, 24 July 2029 |
| 2030 | Saturday, 13 July 2030 |
| 2031 | Wednesday, 2 July 2031 |
| 2032 | Monday, 21 June 2032 |
| 2033 | Friday, 10 June 2033 |
| 2034 | Tuesday, 30 May 2034 |
| 2035 | Sunday, 20 May 2035 |
| 2036 | Thursday, 8 May 2036 |
Worked out for Chennai, Lahiri ayanamsa. A date is a function of the place: set yours above and the next three come back for where you are.
What the day is
The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, kept on 12 Rabi al-Awwal and a gazetted holiday of the Government of India. Processions go through the streets with green flags, the mosques are lit, and the mawlid, an account of the Prophet's life and character, is read through the night. Food is cooked and given away, and in Kerala the day is a school holiday kept as Nabidinam with talks and recitation competitions.
- Deity
- Allah
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Sunday, 15 August 2027 at Chennai
The twelfth day of Rabi al-Awwal, counted from the sighting of that month's crescent. The date printed here is the TABULAR Islamic one and may be a day or two from the observed one; traditions vary, and some communities keep the seventeenth instead.
This day carries no instant that can be put on a clock: it is fixed by the tithi or the nakshatra running at sunrise, or by a moonrise the app does not compute. The rule above is the whole of it.
The fast
No fast is prescribed. The day is kept with food given away rather than with abstinence, and some fast on the Monday in memory of the day of the week the Prophet was born.
Where the regions differ
Kerala keeps it as Nabidinam and most fully of the Indian states; Hyderabad and the north keep the julus, the procession, and the date can differ by a day between towns following different sightings.
The dates above are the Tamil Nadu reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.