Ramadan timetable 2028: a Ramadan that starts in late January
Choose your province: the tool gives imsak, sunrise, iftar, isha and the fast length for every day of Ramadan 2028. The Laylat al-Qadr row is marked.
Time left until Ramadan 2028 (first fast), 28 January 2028
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Istanbul Ramadan 2028: first fast Fri 28 January
Iftar 18:22
First day: fast starts 06:44, lasts 11 h 38 min. Last day (Fri 25 February): iftar 18:56.
| Length of Ramadan | 29 days |
| Shortest fast | 11 h 38 min (28 Jan) |
| Longest fast | 12 h 42 min (25 Feb) |
| Laylat al-Qadr | evening of Tue 22 February |
| Eid al-Fitr | Sat 26 February |
| Day | Date | Imsak | Sunrise | Iftar | Isha | Fast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Jan Fri | 06:44 | 08:12 | 18:22 | 19:44 | 11 h 38 min |
| 2 | 29 Jan Sat | 06:43 | 08:11 | 18:23 | 19:45 | 11 h 40 min |
| 3 | 30 Jan Sun | 06:43 | 08:10 | 18:24 | 19:46 | 11 h 41 min |
| 4 | 31 Jan Mon | 06:42 | 08:10 | 18:25 | 19:48 | 11 h 43 min |
| 5 | 1 Feb Tue | 06:41 | 08:09 | 18:27 | 19:49 | 11 h 46 min |
| 6 | 2 Feb Wed | 06:40 | 08:08 | 18:28 | 19:50 | 11 h 48 min |
| 7 | 3 Feb Thu | 06:40 | 08:07 | 18:29 | 19:51 | 11 h 49 min |
| 8 | 4 Feb Fri | 06:39 | 08:06 | 18:30 | 19:52 | 11 h 51 min |
| 9 | 5 Feb Sat | 06:38 | 08:05 | 18:32 | 19:53 | 11 h 54 min |
| 10 | 6 Feb Sun | 06:37 | 08:03 | 18:33 | 19:54 | 11 h 56 min |
| 11 | 7 Feb Mon | 06:36 | 08:02 | 18:34 | 19:55 | 11 h 58 min |
| 12 | 8 Feb Tue | 06:35 | 08:01 | 18:35 | 19:56 | 12 h 0 min |
| 13 | 9 Feb Wed | 06:34 | 08:00 | 18:37 | 19:57 | 12 h 3 min |
| 14 | 10 Feb Thu | 06:33 | 07:59 | 18:38 | 19:58 | 12 h 5 min |
| 15 | 11 Feb Fri | 06:32 | 07:58 | 18:39 | 20:00 | 12 h 7 min |
| 16 | 12 Feb Sat | 06:31 | 07:56 | 18:40 | 20:01 | 12 h 9 min |
| 17 | 13 Feb Sun | 06:30 | 07:55 | 18:41 | 20:02 | 12 h 11 min |
| 18 | 14 Feb Mon | 06:28 | 07:54 | 18:43 | 20:03 | 12 h 15 min |
| 19 | 15 Feb Tue | 06:27 | 07:53 | 18:44 | 20:04 | 12 h 17 min |
| 20 | 16 Feb Wed | 06:26 | 07:51 | 18:45 | 20:05 | 12 h 19 min |
| 21 | 17 Feb Thu | 06:25 | 07:50 | 18:46 | 20:06 | 12 h 21 min |
| 22 | 18 Feb Fri | 06:24 | 07:49 | 18:48 | 20:07 | 12 h 24 min |
| 23 | 19 Feb Sat | 06:22 | 07:47 | 18:49 | 20:08 | 12 h 27 min |
| 24 | 20 Feb Sun | 06:21 | 07:46 | 18:50 | 20:10 | 12 h 29 min |
| 25 | 21 Feb Mon | 06:20 | 07:45 | 18:51 | 20:11 | 12 h 31 min |
| 26 | 22 Feb Tue · Qadr night | 06:18 | 07:43 | 18:52 | 20:12 | 12 h 34 min |
| 27 | 23 Feb Wed | 06:17 | 07:42 | 18:54 | 20:13 | 12 h 37 min |
| 28 | 24 Feb Thu | 06:16 | 07:40 | 18:55 | 20:14 | 12 h 39 min |
| 29 | 25 Feb Fri | 06:14 | 07:39 | 18:56 | 20:15 | 12 h 42 min |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Diyanet lists and Law No. 2429 read on 28 October 2026
Ramadan 2028 begins on Fri 28 January and ends with the last fast on Fri 25 February, according to the Diyanet's list of religious days for 2028; it lasts 29 days. The first tarawih is on the evening of Thu 27 January, Laylat al-Qadr is the evening of Tue 22 February, and Eid al-Fitr starts on Sat 26 February. Falling in midwinter, its fasts are among the shortest in recent years: in Istanbul, imsak on the first day is 06:44, iftar 18:22, a fast of 11 h 38 min; on the last day 12 h 42 min. The average fast is 12 h 8 min, against 12 h 35 min in 2027. As the Diyanet has not yet published its 2028 prayer-time calendar, this timetable is entirely computed; the same method was checked for 2027 against the official calendar over 195,858 prayer times and never differed by more than a minute. We will update the comparison on this page once the official calendar is out.
First and last day in ten large provinces
| Province | Day 1 imsak | Day 1 iftar | Last day imsak | Last day iftar | Average fast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | 06:44 | 18:22 | 06:14 | 18:56 | 12 h 8 min |
| Ankara | 06:28 | 18:09 | 05:59 | 18:42 | 12 h 10 min |
| Izmir | 06:49 | 18:35 | 06:22 | 19:06 | 12 h 13 min |
| Bursa | 06:43 | 18:23 | 06:14 | 18:56 | 12 h 10 min |
| Antalya | 06:34 | 18:24 | 06:08 | 18:53 | 12 h 16 min |
| Konya | 06:27 | 18:14 | 06:01 | 18:45 | 12 h 14 min |
| Adana | 06:15 | 18:05 | 05:50 | 18:35 | 12 h 16 min |
| Gaziantep | 06:07 | 17:57 | 05:41 | 18:26 | 12 h 16 min |
| Diyarbakır | 05:56 | 17:43 | 05:30 | 18:14 | 12 h 14 min |
| Erzurum | 05:54 | 17:35 | 05:25 | 18:08 | 12 h 10 min |
On the first day the earliest iftar is in Iğdır at 17:24, the latest in Izmir at 18:35. For other provinces, choose yours in the tool above.
2027 and 2028 compared
| Ramadan 2027 | Ramadan 2028 | |
|---|---|---|
| First fast | 8 February 2027 | 28 January 2028 |
| Days | 29 | 29 |
| Istanbul, first-day fast | 12 h 1 min | 11 h 38 min |
| Istanbul, last-day fast | 13 h 12 min | 12 h 42 min |
| Istanbul, average | 12 h 35 min | 12 h 8 min |
| Laylat al-Qadr | 5 March 2027 | 22 February 2028 |
Ramadan moved 11 days earlier in one year. Days shorten towards the winter solstice, so the fast shortens too; when Ramadan reaches December, in the early 2030s, fasts are at their shortest and then begin to lengthen again.
Ramadan 2029 (Hijri 1450)
Ramadan 2029 (Hijri 1450)
16 January – 13 February 2029
| First fast | Tue 16 January |
| First tarawih | evening of Mon 15 January |
| Laylat al-Qadr | evening of Sat 10 February |
| Last fast (eve) | Tue 13 February |
How reliable are these times until the official calendar appears?
The Diyanet prayer times we read for the comparison ran until 31 December 2027; the 2028 times had not been published on the reading date. The times on this page therefore come from the same computation we checked against the official 2027 calendar. Nothing in it is a forecast: the sun's position is known centuries ahead, and the Diyanet's parameters (18 degrees, 17 degrees and the safety margins) do not change from year to year. In the 2027 comparison 9,340.0% of imsak times and 9,450.0% of iftar times matched to the minute; the rest were one minute apart. Similar agreement is expected for 2028, unless the Diyanet changes its parameters. Once the official calendar is out we will rerun the comparison and publish it here.
Laylat al-Qadr 2028
Laylat al-Qadr is the evening of 22 February 2028: it begins after that day's iftar and lasts until morning. In Istanbul iftar that evening is computed at 18:52 and isha at 20:12.
Fasting in January: practical points
In late January the end of sahur is close to many people's usual waking time: with imsak at 06:44 in Istanbul, there is no need to get up very early. Iftar, on the other hand, comes before the usual dinner time and may coincide with the commute; the live iftar countdown helps avoid breaking the fast in traffic. The feast that follows, its weekend overlap and leave planning are on Ramazan Bayramı 2028; this year's timetable is on the 2027 Ramadan timetable.