How many days until Eid?

When is Eid?

Eid al-Fitr, the festival of breaking the fast, is the first day of Shawwal, the month after Ramadan. In 2027 it is expected on Tuesday, March 9, 2027, after a Ramadan expected to begin on Monday, February 8, 2027.

The day starts with a special Eid prayer in the morning, and the charity known as Zakat al-Fitr is given before it. Families and friends visit one another, share festive meals and sweets and often wear new clothes. Eid al-Fitr is a public holiday in many countries, from one day to several.

Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, is the other Eid of the year. It comes about two months later, at the time of the Hajj pilgrimage. This page counts down to Eid al-Fitr.

Why Eid depends on the moon

The Islamic calendar is lunar, and each month begins with the first sighting of the new crescent moon. On the evening of the 29th day of Ramadan, people look for the crescent. If it is seen, Eid is the next day; if not, Ramadan completes 30 days and Eid follows the day after.

Some countries rely on a local sighting, others on Saudi Arabia’s announcement or on an astronomical calculation, so Eid can fall on different days in different countries. Your local mosque announces the day for your community.

How this countdown works

The dates are the expected ones from the Umm al-Qura calendar, the official calendar of Saudi Arabia. The page counts down to the start of Eid day in your own time zone, using your device’s clock. During Ramadan, the line under the counter shows which day of Ramadan it is.

On Eid itself the page shows the day, and from the next morning it counts down to the following Eid al-Fitr.

Eid al-Fitr for the next five years

Eid through the seasons

The Islamic year has 354 or 355 days, about 11 days fewer than the Gregorian year, so Eid al-Fitr comes about 11 days earlier every year. Between 2027 and 2032 it moves from March to mid-January, and over about 33 years it passes through every season. In these years Ramadan falls in winter in the northern hemisphere, so the fasting days there are short, and in 2030 Ramadan begins twice, in January and in December.

Put the Eid countdown on your Home Screen

1. Install Left on your iPhone and open Ahead.
2. Tap Add a date ahead, choose New date, name it Eid al-Fitr and set Starts to the expected day of Eid.
3. Add Left’s Ahead widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and choose the date in Edit Widget.

If the moon is sighted on another day where you live, edit the date and the widget follows. The Home Screen widget guide covers each step, and the countdown widget page shows the widget styles.

Read more

• The best countdown widgets for iPhone
• Organise your dates in Ahead and Since
• Add a widget to your iPhone Lock Screen

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