diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0892d0f..a3ada92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- Date handed to hijri-core is now built via `Date.UTC()` to match hijri-core's UTC-day
+  contract; fixes previous-day results on east-of-UTC hosts (e.g. UTC+5, UTC+8).
+  Lock-step: requires the matching unreleased hijri-core fix (`fix/utc-day-boundary`).
+
 ## [1.0.2] - 2026-05-30
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ea2509..ebf9048 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ Full reference in the [wiki](https://github.com/acamarata/temporal-hijri/wiki).
 - [Architecture](https://github.com/acamarata/temporal-hijri/wiki/Architecture)
 - [Examples](https://github.com/acamarata/temporal-hijri/wiki/examples/basic-usage)
 
+## Conversion behavior
+
+Conversions between ISO and Hijri dates are pure calendar-date mappings: the same
+ISO date always maps to the same Hijri date on every machine, regardless of the host's
+timezone. `Temporal.PlainDate` carries no time-of-day information, and the underlying
+hijri-core engine operates on UTC calendar days, so there is no timezone dependency.
+
+Note: the Islamic calendar begins a new day at sunset, not midnight. This library
+follows the civil-calendar convention (midnight boundary) used by most software. Sunset
+day-start determination is out of scope.
+
 ## Related
 
 - [hijri-core](https://github.com/acamarata/hijri-core): the underlying calendar engine
diff --git a/src/calendars/HijriCalendar.ts b/src/calendars/HijriCalendar.ts
index 0214b87..c32c87e 100644
--- a/src/calendars/HijriCalendar.ts
+++ b/src/calendars/HijriCalendar.ts
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ export class HijriCalendar {
   /**
    * Convert a Temporal.PlainDate (ISO calendar) to Hijri coordinates.
    *
-   * Uses the local-time Date constructor so that the date components passed to
-   * the engine match the calendar date exactly, regardless of host timezone.
-   * The UAQ engine reads local components; the FCNA engine reads UTC components.
-   * Because we construct with new Date(y, m, d) the local date always matches
-   * the intended calendar date.
+   * PlainDate calendar fields are placed in the Date's UTC components via
+   * Date.UTC() because hijri-core reads the UTC calendar day. This ensures
+   * the conversion returns the correct Hijri date on every host timezone:
+   * without Date.UTC, on east-of-UTC hosts (e.g. UTC+5) the local midnight
+   * falls on the previous UTC day, causing a one-day-off result.
    */
   protected toHijri(date: Temporal.PlainDate): { hy: number; hm: number; hd: number } {
-    const jsDate = new Date(date.year, date.month - 1, date.day);
+    const jsDate = new Date(Date.UTC(date.year, date.month - 1, date.day));
     const hijri = this.engine.toHijri(jsDate);
     if (!hijri) {
       throw new RangeError(`Date ${date.toString()} is out of range for the ${this.id} calendar`);
diff --git a/test.mjs b/test.mjs
index 995d31a..eccbccb 100644
--- a/test.mjs
+++ b/test.mjs
@@ -263,3 +263,25 @@ describe("monthDayFromFields", () => {
     assert.ok(result);
   });
 });
+
+// ── 14. UTC-day round-trip regression ─────────────────────────────────────────
+// Verifies that ISO→Hijri→ISO is exact regardless of host timezone.
+// 2025-03-01 = 1 Ramadan 1446 AH (UAQ).
+
+describe("UTC-day round-trip regression (ISO → Hijri → ISO)", () => {
+  const isoRamadan1446 = Temporal.PlainDate.from("2025-03-01");
+
+  it("2025-03-01 maps to 1 Ramadan 1446 AH", () => {
+    assert.equal(uaqCalendar.year(isoRamadan1446), 1446);
+    assert.equal(uaqCalendar.month(isoRamadan1446), 9);
+    assert.equal(uaqCalendar.day(isoRamadan1446), 1);
+  });
+
+  it("round-trip: 1446-09-01 → ISO → Hijri returns 1446-09-01", () => {
+    const iso = uaqCalendar.dateFromFields({ year: 1446, month: 9, day: 1 });
+    assert.equal(iso.toString(), "2025-03-01");
+    assert.equal(uaqCalendar.year(iso), 1446);
+    assert.equal(uaqCalendar.month(iso), 9);
+    assert.equal(uaqCalendar.day(iso), 1);
+  });
+});