Kemenag 2026 Calendar: Complete Hijri Dates & Holidays
The official Hijri calendar from Kemenag RI for 2026 is out. Here's the full schedule of important Islamic dates and national holidays.
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How to Display Hijri Dates with MABIMS Criteria
Want to show today's Hijri date on your website? Like in a header, footer, or mosque/pesantren widget? Here's the easiest way: use the free mabims.dev API, no API key needed, with data matching MABIMS/Kemenag criteria (not Umm al-Qura which is often 1 day off).
Where Do You Look for the Hilal?
One of my favorite endpoints on mabims.dev isn't /today or /convert, but /hilal/viz. This endpoint generates a 720×1280 PNG showing a complete evening sky visualization with moon position, MABIMS criteria pass/fail status, and a sky chart with stars. A deep dive behind the scenes.
Integration Tutorial
I built this API for developers, and I don't want integration to stop at documentation with just GET /today and that's it. So in this post I'll show examples from the simplest to more proper setups: plain JavaScript, Vue, React, and mobile apps.
The Story Behind MABIMS API
Kemenag's website used to display Hijri dates on its homepage. Many people, including myself, relied on it. Just open the website, check the top corner, and you'd know today's Hijri date. Until one day, a viral post appeared...