How to Use the Ramadan Calendar
What the calendar gives you
A full thirty-day timetable for one city: the Gregorian date, the day of Ramadan, the Hijri date, the Sehri deadline, sunrise, the Iftar time, and the length of that day’s fast. Everything is calculated from that city’s coordinates and time zone, which is why a calendar for Lahore is genuinely different from one for Karachi and not simply a relabelled copy.
Reading each column
- Sehri — the Fajr time. Eating must stop before this, not at it.
- Sunrise — not a fasting boundary. It is there because the fast begins at Fajr, which is earlier, and people are often surprised by the gap.
- Iftar — the Maghrib time, which is sunset.
- Duration — the gap between Sehri and Iftar for that date.
Why the dates are marked as expected
The calendar starts from the projected first day of Ramadan 1448, which is 8 February 2027 on the Umm al-Qura calendar. If your country announces Ramadan a day earlier or later, every row shifts by a day — the times themselves stay correct for their Gregorian dates, but the Ramadan day numbers move. Check your national announcement on the evening of 29 Sha‘ban.
Printing and saving
Each city calendar has download buttons for PNG, JPEG and PDF, plus a print option. The PDF is the one to use if you want to put a copy on the fridge, which is still how most households actually use a Ramadan timetable.
If your city is not listed
Use the nearest listed city. Within about thirty kilometres the difference is under a minute or two, which is well inside the margin between calculation methods anyway. For a location further out, the fasting-hours calculator accepts coordinates directly.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use a neighbouring city’s calendar?
For a city within about thirty kilometres, yes — the difference is a minute or two. Over longer distances, especially east to west, use the calculator with your own coordinates.
Why does my mosque’s timetable differ by a few minutes?
Different calculation method, a different Asr convention, or a deliberate precautionary margin added to Fajr. Follow your mosque for congregational prayer.
Does the calendar update if the date changes?
The times are always correct for their Gregorian dates. If the announced start shifts, the Ramadan day numbers move by one row.