🌙Ramadan

About Ramadan

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the holiest period of the Muslim year — a month of dawn-to-sunset fasting, prayer, charity and community observed by nearly two billion Muslims worldwide. The next Ramadan is expected to begin around February 8, 2027, and the live countdown above tracks the days remaining.

Because the Islamic calendar is purely lunar, Ramadan begins about 11 days earlier each solar year, cycling through all the seasons over roughly 33 years. The month officially starts with the sighting of the new crescent moon, which is why the exact first day can differ by a day between countries and from astronomical predictions — the date shown here is the widely expected start and carries an "expected" badge until confirmed by moon sighting.

Daily life transforms during the month: the pre-dawn meal (suhoor), the sunset breaking of the fast (iftar) — often dates and water first, following tradition — extra nightly prayers (tarawih), and intensified Quran reading. The final ten nights hold Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power. Ramadan concludes with Eid al-Fitr, one of the two great festivals of the Islamic year.