Eid al-Fitr is on the 1st of Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. It’s a day of prayer, thanks and celebration, and fasting on it isn’t allowed.
Eid al-Fitr: Tuesday 9 March 2027, in 120 days.
| Hijri year | Date by calculation | Begins at sunset on |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Shawwal 1448 | Tuesday 9 March 2027 | Monday 8 March 2027 |
| 1 Shawwal 1449 | Saturday 26 February 2028 | Friday 25 February 2028 |
| 1 Shawwal 1450 | Wednesday 14 February 2029 | Tuesday 13 February 2029 |
| 1 Shawwal 1451 | Monday 4 February 2030 | Sunday 3 February 2030 |
Calculated with the Umm al-Qura calendar. Communities that follow a local moon sighting may mark it a day later, so confirm with your masjid.
Zakat al-Fitr
Zakat al-Fitr is due from every Muslim who can afford it, young and old, and must be given before the Eid prayer (Sahih al-Bukhari 1503). The head of a family pays it for everyone they support. The amount is one sa’, about four double handfuls of a staple food such as dates, rice or wheat. Many masjids and charities collect it as money and buy the food for you; ask yours for this year’s amount.
The sunnahs of Eid
- Take a bath (ghusl) and wear your best clothes.
- Eat an odd number of dates before leaving for the prayer (Sahih al-Bukhari 953).
- Say the takbeer on the way to the prayer.
- Go to the prayer by one route and return by another (Sahih al-Bukhari 986).
- Greet people with “Taqabbal Allahu minna wa minkum”.
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ
Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, Allahu akbar, wa lillahil-hamd.
Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise.
تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنَّا وَمِنْكُمْ
Taqabbal Allahu minna wa minkum.
May Allah accept from us and from you.
The six days of Shawwal
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days of Shawwal, it is as if they fasted the whole year (Sahih Muslim 1164). The six days can be any days in Shawwal after Eid, together or apart.