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Every Ramadan runs on two clocks: the daily one that counts towards iftar, and the long one that counts towards Eid. This page is the long one. The timer above measures the days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining until Eid al-Fitr — read in your chosen city's time zone, so the midnight it targets is your midnight, the one after which Eid morning begins.
Honesty matters on a page like this, so here it is plainly: Eid al-Fitr 2027 is expected on 9–10 March 2027, and the exact day depends on the sighting of the Shawwal moon at the end of Ramadan. If Ramadan runs 29 days, Eid arrives a day earlier; if it completes 30, Eid falls on the later date. The countdown targets 9 March as the first expected day, and every figure on the page should be read with that moon-sighting note attached.
Until the crescent is announced, the countdown still earns its place: it is the planning horizon for everything the end of Ramadan demands — Zakat al-Fitr, Eid clothes, travel, the last ten nights themselves.
The countdown can tempt you to wish the month away, but the tradition runs the other way: the final third of Ramadan contains Laylatul Qadr, the night described in the Quran as better than a thousand months. Laylatul Qadr is sought on the odd nights — the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th and 29th — which in 2027 begin at Maghrib on 27 February and then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March, subject to moon sighting.
A good use of this page is backwards planning: count the days left, mark the odd nights in your diary now, protect at least some of them from late iftars and long drives, and let the Eid excitement build only after the 29th night has passed.
Eid has one hard deadline that the countdown makes visible: Zakat al-Fitr (fitrana) must be given before the Eid prayer, so that those who receive it can eat and celebrate on the day itself. It is a small, fixed amount per person in the household — traditionally a measure of staple food, given in money by most people today at the rate announced locally.
Leaving it to Eid morning is the classic mistake. Use the final week shown on this timer to calculate it with the Zakat tools on this site, pay it while the countdown still shows days rather than hours, and the obligation is discharged calmly instead of in the car park of the Eidgah.
Eid morning has its own sunnah rhythm: ghusl, your best clothes, a sweet bite — traditionally an odd number of dates — before leaving, the Eid prayer and sermon, and a different route home. Children, who experience the countdown most intensely of all, mostly need the practical things ready the night before: clothes laid out, shoes found, and some agreement about how many houses will be visited for Eidi.
When the timer reaches zero, the page hands you onward: the greeting-card maker in the Ramadan Zone builds Eid cards with Makkah and Madinah imagery and your own message, ready to send to the family group before the prayer crowd beats you to it.
Eid al-Fitr is expected on 9–10 March 2027. The exact date is confirmed by the sighting of the Shawwal crescent: a 29-day Ramadan puts Eid on the earlier date, a 30-day Ramadan on the later one. Local moon-sighting announcements are final.
A countdown needs one instant, so it targets the start of the first expected day, 9 March, in your city's time zone. The honesty note on the page states the expected range, and you should follow your local announcement for the confirmed day.
Zakat al-Fitr must reach its recipients before the Eid prayer. Many people also settle any remaining Zakat, prepare clothes and food for Eid morning, and — most importantly — give the odd nights of the last ten days their due before Eid planning takes over.
The duas on this page include the takbir of Eid and the widely used greeting supplication 'Taqabbal Allahu minna wa minkum' — may Allah accept it from us and from you — alongside the general duas for gratitude after completing the fasts.
In the time zone of the city you select with the switcher. Midnight at the start of 9 March arrives at different absolute moments around the world, and the timer honours your city's version of it.