A Hijri calendar your whole team can work in
If your team plans around the Islamic calendar, most project tools leave you converting dates in your head. They show Gregorian only. Deadlines, sprints, and reports all assume a calendar that isn't the one your organisation runs on — so Ramadan, Eid, and Hijri-dated milestones never line up with the tool.
Artala has a native Hijri (Umm al-Qura) calendar built in — the same authoritative calendar used for the Saudi civil calendar — available in every language, not just Arabic. It sits alongside Gregorian, and each person toggles which they see.
A note on accuracy: you choose how Hijri dates are calculated. Umm al-Qura — the authoritative Saudi civil calendar — keeps you aligned with official references. Or switch to an adjustable Hijri calendar and nudge it a day or two to match your region's local moon sighting, as is common in Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The choice is per user, so teammates in different countries each see the dates their community observes — and the date picker stays weekday-correct either way.
How it works
- Two Hijri modes, your choice — pick Umm al-Qura (the authoritative Saudi civil calendar) for exact alignment with official references, or an adjustable Hijri calendar you tune to your local moon sighting. Set per user.
- Accurate everywhere — Hijri dates render across the calendar view, timeline, date pickers, and task due dates, with a date picker that stays weekday-correct even when adjusted.
- Per-user and per-workspace toggle — an English-speaking manager sees Gregorian, an Arabic- or Urdu-speaking teammate sees Hijri, on the same project.
- Available in any language — Hijri isn't tied to the Arabic interface; turn it on in English, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay, or any of Artala's 32 languages.
- Configurable weekends — Friday/Saturday or your region's pattern; non-working days shade correctly in the calendar and timesheets.
- Email and reminders respect it — notifications and the weekly digest render dates in the right calendar.
The same project, two calendars
One Artala board, shown to two teammates — Hijri on the left, Gregorian on the right. Same data, same deadlines, each in the calendar that makes sense to them:
More than a calendar
The Hijri calendar is part of a project management tool built for multilingual, multi-calendar teams from the ground up: full right-to-left support for Arabic, Urdu, Hebrew and more, 32 interface languages, kanban and timeline and sprint planning, AI assistance, and localised email — all in one workspace. Free for up to three users, $7 per user a month beyond that.
Rolling this out across a team? Our practical guide on using a Hijri calendar with your team covers the day-to-day workflow.
Try it with the Hijri calendar on
Explore the demo workspace — the Urdu example runs with the Hijri calendar enabled — or start your own free in under a minute.