Hajj and Umrah guide: the rites in order, your miqat, and the 2027 dates

Hajj 2026 has passed, and the next Hajj is expected from 14 to 19 May 2027, which is 8 to 13 Dhul Hijjah 1448 on the Islamic calendar. The Day of Arafah is expected on 15 May, and Eid al-Adha on 16 May. Those are Umm al-Qura calendar estimates. The final dates are confirmed only when Saudi Arabia sights the Dhul Hijjah moon, usually a day or two before the rites, so keep flights and hotel bookings flexible around the estimate.

The free Cubbbix Hajj and Umrah Guide puts the whole trip in order: the rites for Tamattu, Qiran, Ifrad and Umrah only, the five miqat stations by direction of travel, a day by day plan from Mina to Arafat to Muzdalifah, a packing and booking checklist, and a cost planner where every figure is editable. Costs, quotas, visa rules and health requirements change every year, so the planner takes your operator's quotes instead of printing a fixed price that would be wrong by next season.

Figure 1: The rites run in a fixed order, and the guide follows that order.

The three forms of Hajj

Tamattu means performing Umrah first during the Hajj months, leaving ihram, then entering a new ihram for Hajj on the 8th of Dhul Hijjah. Qiran means entering ihram once for Umrah and Hajj together and staying in ihram throughout. Ifrad means Hajj alone, with no Umrah before it. Tamattu and Qiran both require a sacrifice. Ifrad does not, though a voluntary sacrifice is still rewarded.

Most international pilgrims perform Tamattu, because it gives a break between Umrah and Hajj and fits a long trip. Pilgrims who arrive close to the Hajj days, or who live in Makkah, more often perform Ifrad. Qiran suits pilgrims who bring a sacrificial animal with them, which is rare for air travellers today. The guide changes its step list with the form you pick, so the steps you see match the Hajj you actually intend.

Figure 2: Tamattu, Qiran and Ifrad differ in how Umrah and Hajj are combined.

The five miqat stations

The Prophet fixed four miqat stations: Dhul Hulayfah for Madinah, Al-Juhfah for Syria, Qarn al-Manazil for Najd, and Yalamlam for Yemen (Sahih al-Bukhari 1526). Dhat Irq for Iraq was fixed later, in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab (Sahih al-Bukhari 1531). Your miqat depends on the direction you travel from, not your nationality. Pilgrims travelling by air usually enter ihram before the flight crosses the miqat line, and airlines announce the crossing, but check your own route too.

Madinah pilgrims use Dhul Hulayfah, about 9 km from Madinah. The northwest route uses Al-Juhfah near Rabigh, about 186 km from Makkah. The Najd and eastern route uses Qarn al-Manazil, about 75 to 90 km east of Makkah. The Yemen and southern route uses Yalamlam, about 120 km south of Makkah. The Iraq and northeast route uses Dhat Irq, about 85 to 100 km northeast of Makkah. Distances are approximate and vary with the measuring point.

Day by day, from the 8th

The 8th of Dhul Hijjah is the day of Tarwiyah, spent in Mina. The 9th is the Day of Arafah: standing at Arafat is the one rite that cannot be made up, and missing it means missing that year's Hajj. The night is spent in Muzdalifah. The 10th is Eid day: stoning the large pillar, sacrifice for Tamattu and Qiran, shaving or trimming the hair, then Tawaf al-Ifadah and Sa'i. The 11th, 12th and optionally 13th are the days of Tashriq: stoning all three pillars each day, then the farewell tawaf before leaving Makkah.

The guide builds that plan from the start date you set. The expected 2027 start is prefilled as 14 May 2027. If the moon-sighting announcement moves it by a day, change the date field and the whole table moves with it. That is the honest way to handle a lunar calendar: an estimate you can edit beats a fixed date that turns out wrong.

Figure 3: The 8th in Mina, the 9th at Arafat, the 10th for stoning and sacrifice, then the days of Tashriq.

Costs and booking

There is no official Hajj price. Packages are set by licensed operators per country and change every year, and the sacrifice price is set separately. The cost planner on the guide takes your own quotes for the package, flights, sacrifice, spending and admin, and totals them in your currency. An empty field counts as zero, so a zero total means you have not entered your quotes yet.

Booking runs through the official Nusuk Hajj platform or your national Hajj scheme. A tourist visa or an Umrah visa does not permit Hajj, and attempting Hajj on the wrong permit risks deportation and a future ban. Health requirements change yearly too: meningococcal ACWY vaccination has long been mandatory for Hajj pilgrims, and flu and polio requirements depend on your country of origin. Check the current Saudi Ministry of Health requirements and the Nusuk portal before you pay anything.

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