Pick your country and see which fast of Ramadan it is today, which ashra you are in, and how many fasts are left. Outside Ramadan it counts down to the next one: Ramadan 2027 is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027.
Pick your country to see which day of Ramadan it is there.
Ramadan begins in
Counting to Monday 8 February 2027, the expected first fast, in your time zone.
The three ashras and their duas
Days 1 to 10 · First ashra
Popularly called the ten days of mercy (rahmah). The popular dua for it, Rabbighfir warham wa anta khayrur-rahimin, is from the Quran, but no hadith ties it to these days.
وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ وَٱرْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Wa qur Rabbigh fir warham wa Anta khairur raahimeen
"And, [O Muhammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful.""
Quran 23:118, translation by Sahih International.
Days 11 to 20 · Second ashra
Popularly called the ten days of forgiveness (maghfirah). The popular wording for it is not in the hadith. This short istighfar is, and the Prophet ﷺ said it more than seventy times a day.
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
Astaghfirullāha wa atūbu ilayh
"I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance."
Sahih al-Bukhari 6307, from Abu Hurayrah.
Days 21 to the end · The last ten
Popularly called the days of freedom from the Fire. The common Allahumma ajirni minan-nar comes from a report graded weak, and is not tied to these days. The dua the Prophet ﷺ taught for the last ten nights is this one.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
Allāhumma innaka ʿafuwwun tuḥibbul-ʿafwa faʿfu ʿannī
"O Allah, You are Pardoning and love to pardon, so pardon me."
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3513, from Aishah, graded sahih by al-Albani.
The day is worked out for the current date in the country you pick.
Ramadan began
Choose A day later if your masjid began Ramadan the day after Saudi Arabia, as often happens in South Asia and in masjids that wait for a local sighting.
Ramadan 2027, day by day
| Fast | Started Mon 8 Feb | Started Tue 9 Feb | Part |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 8 Feb | Tue 9 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 2 | Tue 9 Feb | Wed 10 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 3 | Wed 10 Feb | Thu 11 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 4 | Thu 11 Feb | Fri 12 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 5 | Fri 12 Feb | Sat 13 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 6 | Sat 13 Feb | Sun 14 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 7 | Sun 14 Feb | Mon 15 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 8 | Mon 15 Feb | Tue 16 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 9 | Tue 16 Feb | Wed 17 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 10 | Wed 17 Feb | Thu 18 Feb | 1st ashra |
| 11 | Thu 18 Feb | Fri 19 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 12 | Fri 19 Feb | Sat 20 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 13 | Sat 20 Feb | Sun 21 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 14 | Sun 21 Feb | Mon 22 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 15 | Mon 22 Feb | Tue 23 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 16 | Tue 23 Feb | Wed 24 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 17 | Wed 24 Feb | Thu 25 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 18 | Thu 25 Feb | Fri 26 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 19 | Fri 26 Feb | Sat 27 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 20 | Sat 27 Feb | Sun 28 Feb | 2nd ashra |
| 21 | Sun 28 Feb | Mon 1 Mar | Last ten, odd night |
| 22 | Mon 1 Mar | Tue 2 Mar | Last ten |
| 23 | Tue 2 Mar | Wed 3 Mar | Last ten, odd night |
| 24 | Wed 3 Mar | Thu 4 Mar | Last ten |
| 25 | Thu 4 Mar | Fri 5 Mar | Last ten, odd night |
| 26 | Fri 5 Mar | Sat 6 Mar | Last ten |
| 27 | Sat 6 Mar | Sun 7 Mar | Last ten, odd night |
| 28 | Sun 7 Mar | Mon 8 Mar | Last ten |
| 29 | Mon 8 Mar | Tue 9 Mar | Last ten, odd night |
| 30 * | Tue 9 Mar | Wed 10 Mar | Last ten |
* The 30th fast is kept only if the crescent of Shawwal is not seen on the evening of the 29th. By the Umm al-Qura calendar Ramadan 1448 has 29 days.
Worked out in your browser from the Umm al-Qura calendar, so it rolls on to next year by itself. Your choices are remembered on this device.
Guide
The day of Ramadan is the number of the fast you keep today. The tool above works it out for the current date in your country, from the Umm al-Qura calendar, and lets you move it by a day if your masjid began Ramadan a day later. In 2027, Ramadan 1448 is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027, so 1 March is the 22nd fast and the last ten nights begin at sunset on Saturday 27 February.
An Islamic night comes before its day. The first night of Ramadan, with the first taraweeh, is the evening of Sunday 7 February, and the first fast is the next morning. So when the tool says it is the 20th fast today, tonight after Maghrib is the 21st night, the first of the last ten. Laylat al-Qadr is sought in the odd nights: the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th and 29th.
Ramadan begins when the crescent is seen on the evening of 29 Shaban, or after Shaban completes 30 days. In 2027 the new moon is born at 15:56 GMT on Saturday 6 February, too late to be seen that evening anywhere, so Shaban runs to 30 days by the Umm al-Qura calendar and Ramadan begins on Monday 8 February. Countries whose Shaban began a day later, often in South Asia, seek the crescent on the evening of Sunday 7 February instead, and may begin on Tuesday 9 February. Each community counts from its own start.
Fast and celebrate Eid with the people of the place you are in. If you end up with only 28 fasts because you moved to a place that began later or ended earlier, make up one day after Eid, since a month is never less than 29 days. If your count reaches 31, keep fasting with the local people until their Eid.1
Many people divide Ramadan into three ashras of ten days: mercy, forgiveness and freedom from the Fire. This comes from a long hadith narrated from Salman al-Farsi that hadith scholars grade weak, and no authentic hadith fixes a special dua for each ashra. What is authentic is that mercy, forgiveness and freedom from the Fire are offered throughout the month.2 The cards above show the popular dua for each part with its real status, and a sourced dua you can use instead. The full discussion is on the three ashras of Ramadan.
Ramadan has 29 or 30 days, like every Hijri month. By the Umm al-Qura calendar, Ramadan 1448 has 29 days, with Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday 9 March 2027. But the crescent of Shawwal will be very young on the evening of Monday 8 March, so many communities may fast 30 days and celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday 10 March.
The rulings on this page are pending review by the scholars on our team.
Questions
The tool at the top of this page shows it for the current date in your country. Choose A day later if your masjid began Ramadan the day after Saudi Arabia.
Ramadan 1448 is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027 and end with Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday 9 March 2027, or Wednesday 10 March if it has 30 days. Where the month starts a day later, everything moves by a day.
The tool counts the fasts left after today, up to the 29th. A 30th fast is kept only if the crescent is not seen on the evening of the 29th.
Days 1 to 10 are the first ashra, 11 to 20 the second, and 21 to the end the last ten. The tool highlights the current one. The hadith that names them mercy, forgiveness and freedom from the Fire is weak.
By the Umm al-Qura calendar it has 29 days. Communities that wait for a sighting may fast 30, because the crescent will be very young on the evening of the 29th.
At sunset on Saturday 27 February 2027, if Ramadan begins on Monday 8 February. That is the 21st night.