How to use Ramadan Sehri & Iftar Times
View the complete Ramadan timetable for your city, showing Sehri (Suhoor) and Iftar times for every day of the holy month. Sehri ends before Fajr (dawn prayer), while Iftar begins at Maghrib (sunset). Enter your location to generate a full 29 or 30-day schedule based on accurate astronomical calculations for your latitude and longitude, complete with a live countdown to the next Sehri or Iftar.
- Enter your city name or allow the tool to detect your location via GPS.
- Select the calculation method used by your local mosque or Islamic authority.
- View the full Ramadan schedule as a table showing the Sehri cutoff (Fajr) and Iftar (Maghrib) time for each day.
- Check the live countdown timer showing hours and minutes remaining until the next Sehri or Iftar.
- Download or print the complete timetable for offline reference throughout the month.
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What are Sehri and Iftar?
Sehri (also called Suhoor in Arabic) is the pre-dawn meal eaten before the Fajr prayer during Ramadan. Muslims must complete eating and drinking before the Fajr adhan, as that call marks the beginning of the daily fast (sawm). Many Muslims observe a precautionary period called imsak — roughly 5 to 10 minutes before Fajr — as an additional safeguard. Iftar is the meal that breaks the fast at sunset, beginning at the Maghrib adhan. The Prophetic Sunnah is to break the fast with dates and water before praying Maghrib. The Ramadan fast thus spans the period from Fajr until Maghrib each day throughout the ninth month of the Hijri calendar.
How Ramadan dates shift year to year
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Hijri calendar, a purely lunar calendar of 354 or 355 days per year. Because the Hijri year is approximately 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year, Ramadan falls around 11 days earlier on the Gregorian calendar each year, cycling through all four seasons over roughly 33 years. This means Muslims in northern latitudes experience both very long summer fasts and short winter fasts across different decades. The exact start of Ramadan is determined either by crescent moon sighting or by pre-calculated astronomical calendars, depending on the country and scholarly authority. The table below illustrates how dramatically fast length varies by latitude.
| City | Latitude | Summer fast (approx.) | Winter fast (approx.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reykjavik, Iceland | 64°N | ~22 hours | ~5 hours |
| London, UK | 51°N | ~19 hours | ~8 hours |
| Istanbul, Turkey | 41°N | ~17 hours | ~10 hours |
| Cairo, Egypt | 30°N | ~15 hours | ~12 hours |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3°N | ~13 hours | ~13 hours |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 26°S | ~11 hours (winter) | ~15 hours (summer) |
Worked examples
Daily fasting window
Inputs: Fast from Fajr to Maghrib
Result: Suhoor (pre-dawn meal) ends at Fajr; Iftar opens at Maghrib
Fast length varies by latitude
Inputs: High-latitude summer vs near-equator
Result: Can exceed 16–18 hours in summer; shorter and steadier near the equator
Glossary
- Suhoor (Sehri)
- The pre-dawn meal eaten before Fajr to sustain fasting Muslims through the day; its Arabic name derives from the word for "pre-dawn" (sahar).
- Iftar
- The meal that breaks the Ramadan fast at sunset (Maghrib); traditionally opened with dates and water following the Prophetic Sunnah.
- Sawm
- The Arabic term for fasting; one of the Five Pillars of Islam, obligatory for adult Muslims during Ramadan, with exemptions for illness, travel, pregnancy, nursing, and old age.
- Imsak
- A precautionary period of 5–10 minutes before Fajr during which many Muslims stop eating and drinking as a safeguard; not a separate obligation in itself.
- Laylat al-Qadr
- The Night of Power, believed to fall on one of the odd-numbered nights in the last ten days of Ramadan; described in the Quran as better than a thousand months.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why use Ramadan Sehri & Iftar Times?
- Generates a complete 29 or 30-day Sehri and Iftar timetable tailored to your exact coordinates
- Shows a live countdown to the next Sehri cutoff or Iftar for the current day and time
- Lets you select the calculation method recognised by your local mosque or Islamic authority
- Produces a printable schedule for the full month so you can plan meals and activities in advance
Common use cases
- Print the full Ramadan timetable for your city and stick it on the refrigerator for the month
- Check the exact Sehri cutoff time on a specific date when travelling to a different time zone
- Compare Iftar times between two cities to coordinate a shared virtual Iftar with family abroad
- Find the Sehri and Iftar times on the last night of Ramadan to correctly observe the start of Eid
- See how fast length shifts across all 30 days as sunrise and sunset times gradually change
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