Changelog

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Calendar choices for your community

• Choose between IslamCal’s calculated reference, North America’s Central Hilal Committee, and Saudi Arabia’s Umm al-Qura calendar. Your choice is remembered on the site.
• Each method has its own subscription links, so a calendar you add keeps the method you chose. The Subscribe page and FAQ now explain the differences and how to switch.
• Apple subscribers see iCloud and refresh tips before opening Calendar; Google subscriptions use the direct calendar-add link.

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A clearer daily view and focused feeds

• The Today page brings together the current Hijri and Gregorian dates, date status, and the next notable event.
• The Complete subscription combines major events, monthly White Days, and month starts. Monday and Thursday fasting remains a separate feed.
• A Takbeerat al-Eid read-along provides Arabic, transliteration, English meaning, and reading controls.

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Easier to read and explore

• The Date Converter gained clearer controls and a more prominent result.
• Calendar Guide, Moon Sighting, and key event pages became easier to scan across desktop, tablet, and phone.

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Calendar subscriptions arrive

• Five automatically updating calendar feeds launched, with options for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook, and other subscription-capable apps.
• The homepage gained a compact upcoming-events view and a direct path to subscription feeds.

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Guides for the Islamic year

• Individual guides for every Islamic month and important dates and seasons added meaning, worship context, cautions, and links to live calendar ranges.
• The Months and Events pages gained browsable guide directories.

Browse the months →

Browse and convert dates

• A two-way Hijri and Gregorian date converter launched alongside browsable year and month calendars.
• Calendar pages show date status and context so estimates can be distinguished from confirmed dates.

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White Days as monthly events

• White Days became a single three-day event for each supported month, making the calendar easier to read.
• Multi-day event dates were made more reliable across time zones.

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Better handling of multi-day occasions

• IslamCal added Hijri-aware ranges for Ramadan’s last ten nights, the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah, and the Days of Tashreeq.
• English Hijri month names were standardized across the site.

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Events that follow the Hijri year

• Eligible Islamic events can advance to their next Hijri-year occurrence instead of staying fixed to a Gregorian date.

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A connected events calendar

• IslamCal gained tools to connect event cards to Hijri dates and keep those dates in step with reviewed calendar changes.

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The date foundation

• The core calendar began tracking calculation methods, reviewed month starts, date status, and the source of important changes.

How dates work →

A new foundation for IslamCal

• The entire IslamCal website was rebuilt from scratch to bring live Islamic dates, calendars, and learning into one place.
• The vision was to make IslamCal a leading, one-stop resource for understanding the Islamic calendar and its key events and dates.

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