Ramadan Date Calculator

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Hijri (Islamic) calendar. Its start follows 1 Ramadan, and Eid al-Fitr follows 1 Shawwal — the day after the last fasting day. Because the Hijri year is lunar and roughly 354 days long, Ramadan moves about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year.

This calculator converts Hijri month boundaries to Gregorian dates using either the Umm al-Qura calendar (common in Saudi Arabia and many national tables) or a deterministic tabular (civil) Hijri cycle. Pick the method that matches the authority you follow for planning — neither replaces a local moon-sighting announcement.

With the defaults — Gregorian year 2026 and Umm al-Qura method — Ramadan 1447 AH is estimated to begin 2026-02-18, with the last fasting day around 2026-03-19 and Eid al-Fitr on 2026-03-20. The month length shown is 30 days for that Hijri year under these tables.

Actual start dates in your community may differ by one day depending on moon sighting rules, weather, or national announcements. Many Muslims wait for a physical crescent sighting or follow a regional authority that can shift the civil date forward or back.

Because the Hijri year is shorter than the Gregorian year, two Ramadan starts can fall within the same Gregorian year — for example around 2030. Enter any year from 1990 through 2035 to see whether one or two Ramadan windows appear.

Use this page for travel planning, workplace scheduling, and school calendars — then confirm with your local mosque before booking non-refundable trips. Pair with the days-until-Ramadan countdown for a live view from today, or the Hijri converter for arbitrary date lookups.

Tabular civil Hijri math is deterministic worldwide and useful for comparison. Umm al-Qura aligns with Saudi national tables. The two methods can disagree by a day from each other or from local sighting-based communities.