Why OFWs in the Gulf need a Hijri converter
If you work in Saudi Arabia or another Gulf country, Hijri dates show up in places that matter: iqama and visa expiry, employment contracts, company memos, and government forms. Many documents print both dates side by side, but not all of them do. This converter lets you check any date in seconds so you can plan renewals, count your service years, or line up a deadline with your Philippine calendar.
The Hijri year has 12 lunar months and is about 354 or 355 days long, roughly 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year. That is why the same Hijri date lands on a different Gregorian date every year, and why a quick mental conversion usually goes wrong.
Umm al-Qura or civil calendar?
Saudi Arabia uses the Umm al-Qura calendar for official and civil dates, so it is the default here. The civil option follows a fixed arithmetic pattern. The two agree most of the time and can differ by a day or two, so use Umm al-Qura for anything tied to a Saudi document.
How to use it
Choose the calendar, then pick a tab. To convert a Gregorian date, select it and press the button. To convert a Hijri date, choose the day, month, and year in AH, then press the button. Your result shows the converted date and the day of the week. Pair it with the date difference calculator to count days to an expiry, or the work experience calculator for service years.