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For Chennai, the table below prints every fasting day of Ramadan 1448 AH — thirty rows running from 8 February 2027 to Tue, 9 Mar 2027. Ramadan is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027 in India, subject to the sighting of the new moon, and to end with Eid al-Fitr around 9–10 March 2027. Day 1 in Chennai runs from Fajr at 05:21 to Maghrib at 18:12 — a fast of 12 hours 51 minutes — and ends at 13 hours 9 minutes on day 30 (Fajr 05:10, Maghrib 18:19). Times are calculated for Chennai itself using the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi method (Asia/Kolkata), so if you live elsewhere in India your local times may differ by a few minutes — the further you are from Chennai, the more you should prefer your local mosque's published timetable.
How to read the day in Chennai: the fast begins at Fajr, so Sehri — the pre-dawn meal the Prophet ﷺ called a blessing — must finish by the Fajr time in the Sehri column, 05:21 on day 1 and 05:10 on day 30, and many families stop eating a few minutes earlier as a precaution. Nothing is eaten or drunk from Fajr until Maghrib, when the fast is broken at the Iftar time, traditionally with dates and water before the Maghrib prayer. In Chennai that wait is 12 hours 51 minutes on the first day and 13 hours 9 minutes on the last. Notice the drift measured in this table: across the month Fajr travels 11 minutes and Maghrib 7 minutes in Chennai, so a first-week printout is measurably wrong by the fourth week. 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 Chennai is the 18:18 Iftar of Ramadan day 26's row, and its fast follows at Fajr 05:11.
| 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 | 05:21 | 06:34 | 12:23 | 15:42 | 16:35 | 18:12 | 19:25 |
| Tue, 9 Feb 2027 | 2 | 2 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:21 | 06:34 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:35 | 18:13 | 19:25 |
| Wed, 10 Feb 2027 | 3 | 3 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:21 | 06:33 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:36 | 18:13 | 19:25 |
| Thu, 11 Feb 2027 | 4 | 4 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:21 | 06:33 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:36 | 18:13 | 19:26 |
| Fri, 12 Feb 2027 | 5 | 5 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:21 | 06:33 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:36 | 18:14 | 19:26 |
| Sat, 13 Feb 2027 | 6 | 6 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:20 | 06:32 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:36 | 18:14 | 19:26 |
| Sun, 14 Feb 2027 | 7 | 7 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:20 | 06:32 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:37 | 18:14 | 19:26 |
| Mon, 15 Feb 2027 | 8 | 8 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:20 | 06:32 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:37 | 18:15 | 19:26 |
| Tue, 16 Feb 2027 | 9 | 9 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:20 | 06:31 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:37 | 18:15 | 19:27 |
| Wed, 17 Feb 2027 | 10 | 10 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:19 | 06:31 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:37 | 18:15 | 19:27 |
| Thu, 18 Feb 2027 | 11 | 11 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:19 | 06:30 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:37 | 18:15 | 19:27 |
| Fri, 19 Feb 2027 | 12 | 12 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:19 | 06:30 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:38 | 18:16 | 19:27 |
| Sat, 20 Feb 2027 | 13 | 13 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:18 | 06:30 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:38 | 18:16 | 19:27 |
| Sun, 21 Feb 2027 | 14 | 14 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:18 | 06:29 | 12:23 | 15:43 | 16:38 | 18:16 | 19:27 |
| Mon, 22 Feb 2027 | 15 | 15 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:17 | 06:29 | 12:22 | 15:43 | 16:38 | 18:16 | 19:28 |
| Tue, 23 Feb 2027 | 16 | 16 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:17 | 06:28 | 12:22 | 15:43 | 16:38 | 18:17 | 19:28 |
| Wed, 24 Feb 2027 | 17 | 17 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:17 | 06:28 | 12:22 | 15:43 | 16:38 | 18:17 | 19:28 |
| Thu, 25 Feb 2027 | 18 | 18 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:16 | 06:27 | 12:22 | 15:42 | 16:38 | 18:17 | 19:28 |
| Fri, 26 Feb 2027 | 19 | 19 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:16 | 06:27 | 12:22 | 15:42 | 16:38 | 18:17 | 19:28 |
| Sat, 27 Feb 2027 | 20 | 20 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:15 | 06:26 | 12:22 | 15:42 | 16:38 | 18:17 | 19:28 |
| Sun, 28 Feb 2027 | 21 | 21 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:15 | 06:26 | 12:22 | 15:42 | 16:38 | 18:17 | 19:28 |
| Mon, 1 Mar 2027 | 22 | 22 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:14 | 06:25 | 12:21 | 15:42 | 16:38 | 18:18 | 19:29 |
| Tue, 2 Mar 2027 | 23 | 23 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:14 | 06:25 | 12:21 | 15:41 | 16:38 | 18:18 | 19:29 |
| Wed, 3 Mar 2027 | 24 | 24 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:13 | 06:24 | 12:21 | 15:41 | 16:39 | 18:18 | 19:29 |
| Thu, 4 Mar 2027 | 25 | 25 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:13 | 06:23 | 12:21 | 15:41 | 16:38 | 18:18 | 19:29 |
| Fri, 5 Mar 2027 | 26 | 26 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:12 | 06:23 | 12:20 | 15:41 | 16:38 | 18:18 | 19:29 |
| Sat, 6 Mar 2027 | 27 | 27 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:12 | 06:22 | 12:20 | 15:40 | 16:38 | 18:18 | 19:29 |
| Sun, 7 Mar 2027 | 28 | 28 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:11 | 06:22 | 12:20 | 15:40 | 16:38 | 18:19 | 19:29 |
| Mon, 8 Mar 2027 | 29 | 29 Ramaḍān 1448 | 05:11 | 06:21 | 12:20 | 15:40 | 16:38 | 18:19 | 19:29 |
| Tue, 9 Mar 2027 | 30 | 1 Shawwāl 1448 | 05:10 | 06:21 | 12:20 | 15:39 | 16:38 | 18:19 | 19:29 |
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 Chennai: 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 15:42 on day 1, begins when a shadow equals the object's length, while the Hanafi calculation, 16:35 on day 1, waits for twice the length — 53 minutes later in Chennai. A household in Chennai that mixes madhabs can therefore share one calendar honestly: one Sehri, one Iftar, and two Asr times, each person praying by their own school.
Jafari (Shia) times are shown in their own tab on the live page, not mixed into the table above. In numbers for Chennai: Sehri moves from 05:21 to 05:11 and Iftar from 18:12 to 18:24 on the first day, drifting with the table to 05:00 and 18:31 by the last. Only the fast's endpoints move — the prayer times in between stay exactly as the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi method calculates them for Chennai.
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 Chennai: the first is said quietly with the intention before Fajr (05:21 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."
About these times in Chennai: calculation method University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi, calculation point Chennai (Asia/Kolkata). Fajr and Isha rest on the method's sun angles; Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib follow the sun's actual position over Chennai. Allow a precaution of about one minute at each end of the fast — stop eating a minute before the printed Fajr and wait a minute after the printed Maghrib if you wish to be careful — and treat your local mosque's announced timetable as final wherever it differs by a minute or two, since mosques sometimes build that precaution in.
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: If Eid is announced after 29 fasts in India, the final row (Tue, 9 Mar 2027, Iftar 18:19 in Chennai) simply does not apply, and Iftar on the 29th day is followed by the night of Eid instead. Conversely, if your community begins Ramadan a day later than the expected 8 February 2027 start, shift every row by one day. Method differences show up at the edges of the day — the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi Fajr of 05:21 and Isha of 19:25 on day 1 are convention, while Dhuhr (12:23), Asr and Maghrib are the sun itself, which is why rival tables agree on Iftar and quarrel politely over Sehri.
For workers on physical shifts in Chennai, plan around the month's shape: the fast in Chennai runs from 12 hours 51 minutes at its shortest (day 1) to 13 hours 9 minutes at its longest (day 30), and your own situation — illness, medication, pregnancy, travel — may carry a ruling of its own. Read the exemption guides below before deciding anything alone, and ask a scholar where your case is unclear: the fast is precious, and so is the health it was never meant to destroy. May Allah accept your fasting, your prayers and your charity throughout the month.
Planning in Chennai runs on Monday 8 February 2027 as the first day of Ramadan 1448 AH, pending the moon sighting that confirms it. Should the start be announced a day later, shift every row by one day; the drift across the month in Chennai is gradual — Fajr moves 11 minutes earlier in total — so no day's times change abruptly.
On day 1 (Mon, 8 Feb 2027, 1 Ramaḍān 1448), Sehri ends at Fajr, 05:21 in Chennai, and Iftar is at Maghrib 18:12. Eat and drink before that time; the fast then runs 12 hours 51 minutes until Maghrib. Fajr drifts 11 minutes earlier across the month in Chennai, ending at 05:10 on day 30, while Iftar moves to 18:19.
The University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi convention — the method customary for Chennai — produces every time in this table for Chennai, in the Asia/Kolkata zone. Fajr gives the Sehri end time and Maghrib gives Iftar; the method's sun angles are what fix Fajr at 05:21 and Isha at 19:25 on day 1, while Dhuhr (12:23) 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 Chennai, in the madhab you select, can be downloaded from the live version of this page.
The two Asr columns are the one place where the four Sunni madhabs differ on this calendar. On day 1 the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali Asr is 15:42, while the Hanafi Asr is 16:35 — 53 minutes later. The difference comes from the shadow rule: the first three schools begin Asr when an object's shadow equals its length (besides the noon shadow), while the Hanafi school waits until the shadow is twice the length. Pick the column of your own madhab on the live page and the whole table — and the PDF download — follows that choice.
The longest fast in this table is day 30 (Tue, 9 Mar 2027), at 13 hours 9 minutes — Fajr 05:10 to Maghrib 18:19. Day 1 lasts 12 hours 51 minutes and the last day 13 hours 9 minutes, with the shortest fast — day 1, 12 hours 51 minutes — in between. If Ramadan completes 30 days where you are, the final evening's Maghrib is followed by the night of Eid; if the new moon is sighted a day earlier, Eid falls a day sooner and the final row is not used.
The Jafari tab on this page applies the customary precaution: Sehri ends 10 minutes before the Fajr in the main table, and Iftar begins 12 minutes after Maghrib. For Chennai on day 1: Sehri 05:11 and Iftar 18:24. By day 30 those precautionary times have moved to 05:00 and 18:31. The main table itself is unchanged — it prints the Fajr and Maghrib every fiqh starts from, and the Jafari figures are a clearly labelled adjustment to those two moments only; Asr, Dhuhr and Isha are not moved.