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This is the complete Ramadan 2027 calendar for Cape Town, South Africa, thirty rows running from 8 February 2027 to Tue, 9 Mar 2027. Ramadan is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027 in South Africa, subject to the sighting of the new moon, and to end with Eid al-Fitr around 9–10 March 2027. In Cape Town the opening fast lasts 15 hours 4 minutes and the closing one 13 hours 57 minutes; Fajr drifts 34 minutes later and Maghrib 33 minutes later between the two ends of the table. Every time is computed for Cape Town by the Muslim World League method (Africa/Johannesburg). Elsewhere in South Africa, longitude shifts the minutes; a local mosque timetable outranks this city table wherever the two disagree.
Each row of the Cape Town table is one fast: begin it at Fajr (04:42 on day 1, drifting to 05:16 by day 30), end it at Maghrib, and let Sehri finish a few minutes before the Fajr figure as a precaution. Between those two times nothing passes the lips; when the fast is broken at the Iftar time, traditionally with dates and water before the Maghrib prayer. In Cape Town that wait is 15 hours 4 minutes on the first day and 13 hours 57 minutes on the last. Watch the drift across the rows: Fajr moves 34 minutes later in total and Maghrib 33 minutes later, a minute or two at a time, which is why a printed time from the first week should never be reused in the last. Inside these rows sit the odd nights of the last ten days — opening at Maghrib on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — when Laylat al-Qadr is sought; the 27th night opens at Maghrib on 5 March, which in Cape Town is the 19:17 Iftar of Ramadan day 26's row, and its fast follows at Fajr 05:14.
| Date | Ramadan | Hijri | Sehri (Fajr) | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) | Asr (Hanafi) | Iftar (Maghrib) | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 8 Feb 2027 | 1 | 1 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:42 | 06:14 | 13:00 | 16:43 | 17:48 | 19:46 | 21:12 |
| Tue, 9 Feb 2027 | 2 | 2 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:44 | 06:15 | 13:00 | 16:43 | 17:48 | 19:45 | 21:11 |
| Wed, 10 Feb 2027 | 3 | 3 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:45 | 06:16 | 13:00 | 16:43 | 17:47 | 19:44 | 21:10 |
| Thu, 11 Feb 2027 | 4 | 4 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:46 | 06:17 | 13:01 | 16:43 | 17:47 | 19:43 | 21:09 |
| Fri, 12 Feb 2027 | 5 | 5 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:47 | 06:18 | 13:00 | 16:43 | 17:46 | 19:42 | 21:07 |
| Sat, 13 Feb 2027 | 6 | 6 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:49 | 06:19 | 13:00 | 16:42 | 17:46 | 19:41 | 21:06 |
| Sun, 14 Feb 2027 | 7 | 7 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:50 | 06:20 | 13:00 | 16:42 | 17:45 | 19:40 | 21:05 |
| Mon, 15 Feb 2027 | 8 | 8 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:51 | 06:21 | 13:00 | 16:42 | 17:45 | 19:39 | 21:03 |
| Tue, 16 Feb 2027 | 9 | 9 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:52 | 06:22 | 13:00 | 16:42 | 17:44 | 19:38 | 21:02 |
| Wed, 17 Feb 2027 | 10 | 10 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:54 | 06:23 | 13:00 | 16:41 | 17:43 | 19:37 | 21:01 |
| Thu, 18 Feb 2027 | 11 | 11 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:55 | 06:24 | 13:00 | 16:41 | 17:43 | 19:36 | 20:59 |
| Fri, 19 Feb 2027 | 12 | 12 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:56 | 06:25 | 13:00 | 16:40 | 17:42 | 19:35 | 20:58 |
| Sat, 20 Feb 2027 | 13 | 13 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:57 | 06:26 | 13:00 | 16:40 | 17:41 | 19:34 | 20:57 |
| Sun, 21 Feb 2027 | 14 | 14 Ramaḍān 1448 | 04:58 | 06:27 | 13:00 | 16:40 | 17:40 | 19:33 | 20:55 |
| Mon, 22 Feb 2027 | 15 | 15 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:00 | 06:28 | 13:00 | 16:39 | 17:40 | 19:31 | 20:54 |
| Tue, 23 Feb 2027 | 16 | 16 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:01 | 06:29 | 13:00 | 16:39 | 17:39 | 19:30 | 20:53 |
| Wed, 24 Feb 2027 | 17 | 17 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:02 | 06:29 | 13:00 | 16:38 | 17:38 | 19:29 | 20:51 |
| Thu, 25 Feb 2027 | 18 | 18 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:03 | 06:30 | 12:59 | 16:38 | 17:37 | 19:28 | 20:50 |
| Fri, 26 Feb 2027 | 19 | 19 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:04 | 06:31 | 12:59 | 16:37 | 17:36 | 19:27 | 20:48 |
| Sat, 27 Feb 2027 | 20 | 20 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:05 | 06:32 | 12:59 | 16:37 | 17:36 | 19:25 | 20:47 |
| Sun, 28 Feb 2027 | 21 | 21 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:06 | 06:33 | 12:59 | 16:36 | 17:35 | 19:24 | 20:45 |
| Mon, 1 Mar 2027 | 22 | 22 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:07 | 06:34 | 12:59 | 16:36 | 17:34 | 19:23 | 20:44 |
| Tue, 2 Mar 2027 | 23 | 23 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:09 | 06:35 | 12:58 | 16:35 | 17:33 | 19:22 | 20:43 |
| Wed, 3 Mar 2027 | 24 | 24 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:10 | 06:36 | 12:58 | 16:34 | 17:32 | 19:20 | 20:41 |
| Thu, 4 Mar 2027 | 25 | 25 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:11 | 06:36 | 12:58 | 16:34 | 17:31 | 19:19 | 20:40 |
| Fri, 5 Mar 2027 | 26 | 26 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:12 | 06:37 | 12:58 | 16:33 | 17:30 | 19:18 | 20:38 |
| Sat, 6 Mar 2027 | 27 | 27 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:13 | 06:38 | 12:58 | 16:33 | 17:29 | 19:17 | 20:37 |
| Sun, 7 Mar 2027 | 28 | 28 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:14 | 06:39 | 12:57 | 16:32 | 17:28 | 19:15 | 20:35 |
| Mon, 8 Mar 2027 | 29 | 29 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:15 | 06:40 | 12:57 | 16:31 | 17:27 | 19:14 | 20:34 |
| Tue, 9 Mar 2027 | 30 | 1 Shawwāl 1448 | 05:16 | 06:41 | 12:57 | 16:31 | 17:26 | 19:13 | 20:32 |
The madhab selector on the live page exists for exactly one column. Fajr and Maghrib — the two ends of the fast — are not a madhab question in Cape Town: all four schools fast from the same dawn to the same sunset. What differs is Asr: the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali calculation, printed here as 16:43 on day 1, begins when a shadow equals the object's length, while the Hanafi calculation, 17:48 on day 1, waits for twice the length — 65 minutes later in Cape Town. A household in Cape Town that mixes madhabs can therefore share one calendar honestly: one Sehri, one Iftar, and two Asr times, each person praying by their own school.
For Jafari readers in Cape Town, the live page carries a separate Jafari tab built from this same table. Applied to Cape Town: day 1 Sehri 04:32 (Fajr 04:42 minus 10) and Iftar 19:58 (Maghrib 19:46 plus 12); day 30 Sehri 05:06 and Iftar 19:25. The adjustment touches only the two ends of the fast; it does not move Dhuhr, Asr or Isha, and it is presented as Jafari fiqh practice so that no reader mistakes a precautionary time for the Fajr or Maghrib of the main method.
Dua at Sehri (intention): Wa bi-sawmi ghadin nawytu min shahri Ramadan — "I intend to keep the fast for tomorrow in the month of Ramadan." Dua at Iftar: Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu wa 'alayka tawakkaltu wa 'ala rizqika aftartu — "O Allah, I fasted for You, I believe in You, I trust in You, and I break my fast with the provision You have given." Keep both short duas by the table in Cape Town: the first is said quietly with the intention before Fajr (04:42 on day 1), the second at the moment of Iftar, with dates and water, before the Maghrib prayer. In the last ten nights add the Laylat al-Qadr dua taught by the Prophet: Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhibbul-'afwa fa'fu 'anni — "O Allah, You are Pardoning and You love pardon, so pardon me."
Method and honesty note for Cape Town: calculation method Muslim World League, calculation point Cape Town (Africa/Johannesburg). Fajr and Isha rest on the method's sun angles; Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib follow the sun's actual position over Cape Town. Mosques in Cape Town may differ by a minute or two where they add a precaution at Fajr or Maghrib; that difference is deliberate, not an error, and the mosque you pray with is the timetable to follow on the day.
Why thirty rows when Ramadan may end at twenty-nine? Because the month is completed at 30 only when the Shawwal crescent stays unseen on the 29th evening. The table prints all thirty so both endings are covered: Printing both endings is the only honest way to publish the table in advance. A later announced start shifts everything by a day; an earlier one is not possible once the month has begun. And where another timetable disagrees with this one, expect the difference at Fajr (04:42 here on day 1) or Isha (21:12), the two times the Muslim World League angles govern, rather than at Maghrib, which every method reads straight off the sunset.
Finally, a practical word for people whose days are long or whose work is physical: the month's fasts here span 13 hours 57 minutes to 15 hours 4 minutes. That is manageable for most healthy adults, but illness, medication, pregnancy and travel each carry their own ruling, and no timetable can see your circumstances. The exemptions, and the Fidya and Qaza that follow from them, are covered in the guides linked below; when in doubt, ask a scholar rather than abandoning the fast or harming your health. May Allah accept it from you and from us, and bless the month for Cape Town.
The expected first fast in Cape Town is Monday 8 February 2027, with the month opening the night before — always subject to the crescent and to the announcement South Africa's authorities or communities follow. Should the start be announced a day later, day 1's times (04:42 Fajr, 19:46 Maghrib in Cape Town) would simply attach to the following Gregorian date.
The first Sehri deadline in Cape Town is at 04:42 (Mon, 8 Feb 2027), and the fast is broken at Maghrib 19:46. Eat and drink before that time; the fast then runs 15 hours 4 minutes until Maghrib. Across the thirty rows the Sehri deadline travels from 04:42 to 05:16, which is why the table prints every day separately.
The Muslim World League convention — the method customary for Cape Town — produces every time in this table for Cape Town, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone. Fajr gives the Sehri end time and Maghrib gives Iftar; the method's sun angles are what fix Fajr at 04:42 and Isha at 21:12 on day 1, while Dhuhr (13:00) and Maghrib follow the sun directly. Communities and mosques occasionally adjust by a minute or two for precaution, so treat your local mosque's timetable as final where it differs slightly. A branded PDF calendar for Cape Town, in the madhab you select, can be downloaded from the live version of this page.
Only Asr changes with the madhab in Cape Town; Fajr (Sehri) and Maghrib (Iftar) are identical for everyone. In Cape Town on day 1 that is 16:43 for Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali worshippers and 17:48 for Hanafi worshippers — 65 minutes apart. Both timings are classical and agreed within their schools — they rest on different readings of the shadow hadith, not on geography, so the gap in Cape Town (65 minutes on day 1, 55 minutes on day 30) is a fiqh difference, not a calculation error. If you pray in congregation, follow your mosque's column; the printed table keeps both so a household of mixed madhabs can still share one calendar.
The longest fast in this table is day 1 (Mon, 8 Feb 2027), at 15 hours 4 minutes — Fajr 04:42 to Maghrib 19:46. The shortest is day 30 at 13 hours 57 minutes, and day 1 runs 15 hours 4 minutes against day 30's 13 hours 57 minutes. Because Cape Town is in the southern hemisphere (latitude -33.9), Ramadan 2027 falls in late summer there: the days are long at the start of the month and shorten as it proceeds, which is the mirror image of the northern pattern.
Jafari practice in Cape Town is shown separately on the live page: stop eating 10 minutes before Fajr, and break the fast 12 minutes after Maghrib. On day 1 in Cape Town that means Sehri by 04:32 (Fajr 04:42 minus 10 minutes) and Iftar at 19:58 (Maghrib 19:46 plus 12 minutes). Treat the Jafari times as the precautionary practice they are labelled as, and follow your own marja's guidance where it differs.