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Indian Coin Date Converter — AH to CE, Vikram Samvat, Saka & Mughal Regnal Years

Convert the dates found on Indian coins: Hijri (AH) years on Sultanate and Mughal coins, Vikram Samvat and Saka years on princely state and Republic issues, and julus regnal years — with an AH–RY consistency check. Free reference by CoinSchool.

Hijri (AH) ↔ CE converter

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A Hijri year is ~11 days shorter than a solar year, so it usually spans two CE years. Dates use the tabular (civil) calendar — the convention behind published concordance tables; observed dates can differ by a day.

Vikram Samvat & Saka ↔ CE converter

VS − 57 = CE · Saka + 78 = CE. Both years begin in spring (Chaitra), so each spans two CE years. Vikram Samvat appears on princely state coins (and all Nepal issues); the Saka era is used on Indian government issues and documents.

Mughal regnal year (julus) calculator

Regnal years are lunar and counted from accession (RY 1 = accession year), so expected AH ≈ accession + RY − 1. A ±1 year tolerance is normal — mints changed the RY on different dates. Enter both RY and AH to check a coin's date pair for consistency.

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AH → CE quick table (AH 900–1450)

Sultanate era through today. The CE span is the pair of years the Hijri year touches.

AH 900 = 1494–95AH 901 = 1495–96AH 902 = 1496–97AH 903 = 1497–98AH 904 = 1498–99AH 905 = 1499–00AH 906 = 1500–01AH 907 = 1501–02AH 908 = 1502–03AH 909 = 1503–04AH 910 = 1504–05AH 911 = 1505–06AH 912 = 1506–07AH 913 = 1507–08AH 914 = 1508–09AH 915 = 1509–10AH 916 = 1510–11AH 917 = 1511–12AH 918 = 1512–13AH 919 = 1513–14AH 920 = 1514–15AH 921 = 1515–16AH 922 = 1516–17AH 923 = 1517–18AH 924 = 1518–19AH 925 = 1519–20AH 926 = 1520–20AH 927 = 1520–21AH 928 = 1521–22AH 929 = 1522–23AH 930 = 1523–24AH 931 = 1524–25AH 932 = 1525–26AH 933 = 1526–27AH 934 = 1527–28AH 935 = 1528–29AH 936 = 1529–30AH 937 = 1530–31AH 938 = 1531–32AH 939 = 1532–33AH 940 = 1533–34AH 941 = 1534–35AH 942 = 1535–36AH 943 = 1536–37AH 944 = 1537–38AH 945 = 1538–39AH 946 = 1539–40AH 947 = 1540–41AH 948 = 1541–42AH 949 = 1542–43AH 950 = 1543–44AH 951 = 1544–45AH 952 = 1545–46AH 953 = 1546–47AH 954 = 1547–48AH 955 = 1548–49AH 956 = 1549–50AH 957 = 1550–51AH 958 = 1551–52AH 959 = 1552–52AH 960 = 1552–53AH 961 = 1553–54AH 962 = 1554–55AH 963 = 1555–56AH 964 = 1556–57AH 965 = 1557–58AH 966 = 1558–59AH 967 = 1559–60AH 968 = 1560–61AH 969 = 1561–62AH 970 = 1562–63AH 971 = 1563–64AH 972 = 1564–65AH 973 = 1565–66AH 974 = 1566–67AH 975 = 1567–68AH 976 = 1568–69AH 977 = 1569–70AH 978 = 1570–71AH 979 = 1571–72AH 980 = 1572–73AH 981 = 1573–74AH 982 = 1574–75AH 983 = 1575–76AH 984 = 1576–77AH 985 = 1577–78AH 986 = 1578–79AH 987 = 1579–80AH 988 = 1580–81AH 989 = 1581–82AH 990 = 1582–83AH 991 = 1583–84AH 992 = 1584–85AH 993 = 1585–85AH 994 = 1585–86AH 995 = 1586–87AH 996 = 1587–88AH 997 = 1588–89AH 998 = 1589–90AH 999 = 1590–91AH 1000 = 1591–92AH 1001 = 1592–93AH 1002 = 1593–94AH 1003 = 1594–95AH 1004 = 1595–96AH 1005 = 1596–97AH 1006 = 1597–98AH 1007 = 1598–99AH 1008 = 1599–00AH 1009 = 1600–01AH 1010 = 1601–02AH 1011 = 1602–03AH 1012 = 1603–04AH 1013 = 1604–05AH 1014 = 1605–06AH 1015 = 1606–07AH 1016 = 1607–08AH 1017 = 1608–09AH 1018 = 1609–10AH 1019 = 1610–11AH 1020 = 1611–12AH 1021 = 1612–13AH 1022 = 1613–14AH 1023 = 1614–15AH 1024 = 1615–16AH 1025 = 1616–17AH 1026 = 1617–17AH 1027 = 1617–18AH 1028 = 1618–19AH 1029 = 1619–20AH 1030 = 1620–21AH 1031 = 1621–22AH 1032 = 1622–23AH 1033 = 1623–24AH 1034 = 1624–25AH 1035 = 1625–26AH 1036 = 1626–27AH 1037 = 1627–28AH 1038 = 1628–29AH 1039 = 1629–30AH 1040 = 1630–31AH 1041 = 1631–32AH 1042 = 1632–33AH 1043 = 1633–34AH 1044 = 1634–35AH 1045 = 1635–36AH 1046 = 1636–37AH 1047 = 1637–38AH 1048 = 1638–39AH 1049 = 1639–40AH 1050 = 1640–41AH 1051 = 1641–42AH 1052 = 1642–43AH 1053 = 1643–44AH 1054 = 1644–45AH 1055 = 1645–46AH 1056 = 1646–47AH 1057 = 1647–48AH 1058 = 1648–49AH 1059 = 1649–50AH 1060 = 1650–50AH 1061 = 1650–51AH 1062 = 1651–52AH 1063 = 1652–53AH 1064 = 1653–54AH 1065 = 1654–55AH 1066 = 1655–56AH 1067 = 1656–57AH 1068 = 1657–58AH 1069 = 1658–59AH 1070 = 1659–60AH 1071 = 1660–61AH 1072 = 1661–62AH 1073 = 1662–63AH 1074 = 1663–64AH 1075 = 1664–65AH 1076 = 1665–66AH 1077 = 1666–67AH 1078 = 1667–68AH 1079 = 1668–69AH 1080 = 1669–70AH 1081 = 1670–71AH 1082 = 1671–72AH 1083 = 1672–73AH 1084 = 1673–74AH 1085 = 1674–75AH 1086 = 1675–76AH 1087 = 1676–77AH 1088 = 1677–78AH 1089 = 1678–79AH 1090 = 1679–80AH 1091 = 1680–81AH 1092 = 1681–82AH 1093 = 1682–82AH 1094 = 1682–83AH 1095 = 1683–84AH 1096 = 1684–85AH 1097 = 1685–86AH 1098 = 1686–87AH 1099 = 1687–88AH 1100 = 1688–89AH 1101 = 1689–90AH 1102 = 1690–91AH 1103 = 1691–92AH 1104 = 1692–93AH 1105 = 1693–94AH 1106 = 1694–95AH 1107 = 1695–96AH 1108 = 1696–97AH 1109 = 1697–98AH 1110 = 1698–99AH 1111 = 1699–00AH 1112 = 1700–01AH 1113 = 1701–02AH 1114 = 1702–03AH 1115 = 1703–04AH 1116 = 1704–05AH 1117 = 1705–06AH 1118 = 1706–07AH 1119 = 1707–08AH 1120 = 1708–09AH 1121 = 1709–10AH 1122 = 1710–11AH 1123 = 1711–12AH 1124 = 1712–13AH 1125 = 1713–14AH 1126 = 1714–15AH 1127 = 1715–15AH 1128 = 1715–16AH 1129 = 1716–17AH 1130 = 1717–18AH 1131 = 1718–19AH 1132 = 1719–20AH 1133 = 1720–21AH 1134 = 1721–22AH 1135 = 1722–23AH 1136 = 1723–24AH 1137 = 1724–25AH 1138 = 1725–26AH 1139 = 1726–27AH 1140 = 1727–28AH 1141 = 1728–29AH 1142 = 1729–30AH 1143 = 1730–31AH 1144 = 1731–32AH 1145 = 1732–33AH 1146 = 1733–34AH 1147 = 1734–35AH 1148 = 1735–36AH 1149 = 1736–37AH 1150 = 1737–38AH 1151 = 1738–39AH 1152 = 1739–40AH 1153 = 1740–41AH 1154 = 1741–42AH 1155 = 1742–43AH 1156 = 1743–44AH 1157 = 1744–45AH 1158 = 1745–46AH 1159 = 1746–47AH 1160 = 1747–48AH 1161 = 1748–48AH 1162 = 1748–49AH 1163 = 1749–50AH 1164 = 1750–51AH 1165 = 1751–52AH 1166 = 1752–53AH 1167 = 1753–54AH 1168 = 1754–55AH 1169 = 1755–56AH 1170 = 1756–57AH 1171 = 1757–58AH 1172 = 1758–59AH 1173 = 1759–60AH 1174 = 1760–61AH 1175 = 1761–62AH 1176 = 1762–63AH 1177 = 1763–64AH 1178 = 1764–65AH 1179 = 1765–66AH 1180 = 1766–67AH 1181 = 1767–68AH 1182 = 1768–69AH 1183 = 1769–70AH 1184 = 1770–71AH 1185 = 1771–72AH 1186 = 1772–73AH 1187 = 1773–74AH 1188 = 1774–75AH 1189 = 1775–76AH 1190 = 1776–77AH 1191 = 1777–78AH 1192 = 1778–79AH 1193 = 1779–80AH 1194 = 1780–80AH 1195 = 1780–81AH 1196 = 1781–82AH 1197 = 1782–83AH 1198 = 1783–84AH 1199 = 1784–85AH 1200 = 1785–86AH 1201 = 1786–87AH 1202 = 1787–88AH 1203 = 1788–89AH 1204 = 1789–90AH 1205 = 1790–91AH 1206 = 1791–92AH 1207 = 1792–93AH 1208 = 1793–94AH 1209 = 1794–95AH 1210 = 1795–96AH 1211 = 1796–97AH 1212 = 1797–98AH 1213 = 1798–99AH 1214 = 1799–00AH 1215 = 1800–01AH 1216 = 1801–02AH 1217 = 1802–03AH 1218 = 1803–04AH 1219 = 1804–05AH 1220 = 1805–06AH 1221 = 1806–07AH 1222 = 1807–08AH 1223 = 1808–09AH 1224 = 1809–10AH 1225 = 1810–11AH 1226 = 1811–12AH 1227 = 1812–13AH 1228 = 1813–13AH 1229 = 1813–14AH 1230 = 1814–15AH 1231 = 1815–16AH 1232 = 1816–17AH 1233 = 1817–18AH 1234 = 1818–19AH 1235 = 1819–20AH 1236 = 1820–21AH 1237 = 1821–22AH 1238 = 1822–23AH 1239 = 1823–24AH 1240 = 1824–25AH 1241 = 1825–26AH 1242 = 1826–27AH 1243 = 1827–28AH 1244 = 1828–29AH 1245 = 1829–30AH 1246 = 1830–31AH 1247 = 1831–32AH 1248 = 1832–33AH 1249 = 1833–34AH 1250 = 1834–35AH 1251 = 1835–36AH 1252 = 1836–37AH 1253 = 1837–38AH 1254 = 1838–39AH 1255 = 1839–40AH 1256 = 1840–41AH 1257 = 1841–42AH 1258 = 1842–43AH 1259 = 1843–44AH 1260 = 1844–45AH 1261 = 1845–45AH 1262 = 1845–46AH 1263 = 1846–47AH 1264 = 1847–48AH 1265 = 1848–49AH 1266 = 1849–50AH 1267 = 1850–51AH 1268 = 1851–52AH 1269 = 1852–53AH 1270 = 1853–54AH 1271 = 1854–55AH 1272 = 1855–56AH 1273 = 1856–57AH 1274 = 1857–58AH 1275 = 1858–59AH 1276 = 1859–60AH 1277 = 1860–61AH 1278 = 1861–62AH 1279 = 1862–63AH 1280 = 1863–64AH 1281 = 1864–65AH 1282 = 1865–66AH 1283 = 1866–67AH 1284 = 1867–68AH 1285 = 1868–69AH 1286 = 1869–70AH 1287 = 1870–71AH 1288 = 1871–72AH 1289 = 1872–73AH 1290 = 1873–74AH 1291 = 1874–75AH 1292 = 1875–76AH 1293 = 1876–77AH 1294 = 1877–78AH 1295 = 1878–78AH 1296 = 1878–79AH 1297 = 1879–80AH 1298 = 1880–81AH 1299 = 1881–82AH 1300 = 1882–83AH 1301 = 1883–84AH 1302 = 1884–85AH 1303 = 1885–86AH 1304 = 1886–87AH 1305 = 1887–88AH 1306 = 1888–89AH 1307 = 1889–90AH 1308 = 1890–91AH 1309 = 1891–92AH 1310 = 1892–93AH 1311 = 1893–94AH 1312 = 1894–95AH 1313 = 1895–96AH 1314 = 1896–97AH 1315 = 1897–98AH 1316 = 1898–99AH 1317 = 1899–00AH 1318 = 1900–01AH 1319 = 1901–02AH 1320 = 1902–03AH 1321 = 1903–04AH 1322 = 1904–05AH 1323 = 1905–06AH 1324 = 1906–07AH 1325 = 1907–08AH 1326 = 1908–09AH 1327 = 1909–10AH 1328 = 1910–11AH 1329 = 1911–11AH 1330 = 1911–12AH 1331 = 1912–13AH 1332 = 1913–14AH 1333 = 1914–15AH 1334 = 1915–16AH 1335 = 1916–17AH 1336 = 1917–18AH 1337 = 1918–19AH 1338 = 1919–20AH 1339 = 1920–21AH 1340 = 1921–22AH 1341 = 1922–23AH 1342 = 1923–24AH 1343 = 1924–25AH 1344 = 1925–26AH 1345 = 1926–27AH 1346 = 1927–28AH 1347 = 1928–29AH 1348 = 1929–30AH 1349 = 1930–31AH 1350 = 1931–32AH 1351 = 1932–33AH 1352 = 1933–34AH 1353 = 1934–35AH 1354 = 1935–36AH 1355 = 1936–37AH 1356 = 1937–38AH 1357 = 1938–39AH 1358 = 1939–40AH 1359 = 1940–41AH 1360 = 1941–42AH 1361 = 1942–43AH 1362 = 1943–43AH 1363 = 1943–44AH 1364 = 1944–45AH 1365 = 1945–46AH 1366 = 1946–47AH 1367 = 1947–48AH 1368 = 1948–49AH 1369 = 1949–50AH 1370 = 1950–51AH 1371 = 1951–52AH 1372 = 1952–53AH 1373 = 1953–54AH 1374 = 1954–55AH 1375 = 1955–56AH 1376 = 1956–57AH 1377 = 1957–58AH 1378 = 1958–59AH 1379 = 1959–60AH 1380 = 1960–61AH 1381 = 1961–62AH 1382 = 1962–63AH 1383 = 1963–64AH 1384 = 1964–65AH 1385 = 1965–66AH 1386 = 1966–67AH 1387 = 1967–68AH 1388 = 1968–69AH 1389 = 1969–70AH 1390 = 1970–71AH 1391 = 1971–72AH 1392 = 1972–73AH 1393 = 1973–74AH 1394 = 1974–75AH 1395 = 1975–76AH 1396 = 1976–76AH 1397 = 1976–77AH 1398 = 1977–78AH 1399 = 1978–79AH 1400 = 1979–80AH 1401 = 1980–81AH 1402 = 1981–82AH 1403 = 1982–83AH 1404 = 1983–84AH 1405 = 1984–85AH 1406 = 1985–86AH 1407 = 1986–87AH 1408 = 1987–88AH 1409 = 1988–89AH 1410 = 1989–90AH 1411 = 1990–91AH 1412 = 1991–92AH 1413 = 1992–93AH 1414 = 1993–94AH 1415 = 1994–95AH 1416 = 1995–96AH 1417 = 1996–97AH 1418 = 1997–98AH 1419 = 1998–99AH 1420 = 1999–00AH 1421 = 2000–01AH 1422 = 2001–02AH 1423 = 2002–03AH 1424 = 2003–04AH 1425 = 2004–05AH 1426 = 2005–06AH 1427 = 2006–07AH 1428 = 2007–08AH 1429 = 2008–08AH 1430 = 2008–09AH 1431 = 2009–10AH 1432 = 2010–11AH 1433 = 2011–12AH 1434 = 2012–13AH 1435 = 2013–14AH 1436 = 2014–15AH 1437 = 2015–16AH 1438 = 2016–17AH 1439 = 2017–18AH 1440 = 2018–19AH 1441 = 2019–20AH 1442 = 2020–21AH 1443 = 2021–22AH 1444 = 2022–23AH 1445 = 2023–24AH 1446 = 2024–25AH 1447 = 2025–26AH 1448 = 2026–27AH 1449 = 2027–28AH 1450 = 2028–29

See also: the mint mark guide, how to sell old coins in India, the auction price archive, and the coin calligraphy tracer.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert an AH year on a coin to CE?
Multiply the AH year by 0.970225 and add 621.57 for a quick estimate, or use the converter above for the exact span. Each Hijri year is about 11 days shorter than a solar year, so an AH year usually straddles two CE years — AH 1118, for example, ran from April 1706 to April 1707.

What is a regnal (julus) year on Mughal coins?
Most Mughal coins carry two dates: the AH year and the regnal year (RY) counted from the emperor’s accession, written with the word julus. RY 1 is the accession year itself, so AH ≈ accession AH + RY − 1. Comparing the two dates catches misread digits.

How do I convert Vikram Samvat to CE?
Subtract 57 from the Samvat year: VS 1869 ≈ 1812 CE. The VS year begins in spring (Chaitra, March–April), so early months of the VS year fall in the following CE year — write it as VS 1869 = 1812–13 CE.

How do I convert a Saka year to CE?
Add 78 to the Saka year: Saka 1869 = 1947 CE. The Saka year also begins in spring (around 22 March). Republic India commemorative issues and Indian government documents use the Saka era.

Why do converted dates sometimes differ by one year from a catalogue?
Regnal years are lunar and coin dates were applied by mint workers, so published concordances allow ±1 year. The AH–RY consistency check above flags combinations outside that tolerance.

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