Indonesia: Other days of the Islamic calendar: When is it?

Indonesia: Other days of the Islamic calendar: January 5, 2027.

Topic: Other days of the Islamic calendar

How does Indonesia mark Other days of the Islamic calendar?

Isra Mikraj Nabi Muhammad saw.

Local date: January 5, 2027
When is it?: The 27th day of the month of Rajab in the Islamic calendar; the Gregorian date is announced annually by the Joint Decree of Three Ministers (SKB)

Isra Mi'raj commemorates the account of the Prophet's night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and his ascent through the heavens, falling on 27 Rajab. Indonesia lists it as a national holiday; in 2026 it fell on 16 January, a Friday. It is not a festive day: the substance is sermons and gatherings at mosques and Islamic schools, recalling the night on which the five daily prayers were ordained. What is notable is how far Indonesia carries the Islamic calendar into its statutory holidays — Isra Mi'raj, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, the Islamic New Year and the Prophet's birthday each take a day or more, all five announced annually in the same joint decree of three ministers.

Maulid Nabi Muhammad saw.

Local date: August 15, 2027
When is it?: The 12th day of the month of Rabiul Awal in the Islamic calendar; the Gregorian date is announced annually by the Joint Decree of Three Ministers (SKB)

The Prophet's birthday, Maulid Nabi Muhammad, falls on 12 Rabiul Awal — 25 August 2026 in Indonesia, a Tuesday, and a national holiday. Indonesian practice centres on recitations of the Prophet's life through barzanji and maulid texts, sermons, shared meals and charitable distribution. Local forms differ: the courts of Yogyakarta and Surakarta hold Sekaten, a fair with gamelan that runs for weeks and closes with the Grebeg Maulud procession of mountain-shaped offerings. The same religious commemoration has grown into a civic fair inside the palace culture — a layer particular to Indonesia.

1 Muharam Tahun Baru Islam

Local date: June 6, 2027
When is it?: The 1st day of the month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar; the Gregorian date is announced annually by the Joint Decree of Three Ministers (SKB)

The Islamic New Year falls on 1 Muharram, called in Indonesia 1 Muharam Tahun Baru Islam; in 2026 it was 16 June, a Tuesday, opening the year 1448 of the Hijri calendar. It is a public holiday but not a celebratory one — the Islamic new year has no countdown and no fireworks, and the day leans toward reflection, prayer and family gatherings, with night processions and vow-making traditions in parts of Java. The date is announced in advance through the joint decree of the ministers of religion, manpower and administrative reform, unlike Eid al-Fitr, which waits for the previous evening's sidang isbat: a new year can be settled by calculation and needs no moon sighting.

What is this topic?

Beyond Ramadan and the two Eids, the Islamic calendar carries several more days: the New Year on 1 Muharram, Ashura on 10 Muharram, the Prophet's birthday, and Isra Mi'raj. Of the seven places compared here, only Indonesia and India put any of them on the official calendar — and the two do not mark the same day. Indonesia takes 1 Muharram; India's gazetted "Muharram" is the tenth, Ashura, a full ten days later in 2026. Their Mawlid dates fall a day apart. How the date is fixed, and by whom, tells you more than the date itself.

Sources and dates

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