When is Eid al-Fitr?
Tuesday,
March 9, 2027
Begins at sundown on Monday, March 8, 2027 (sunset is 5:54 PM in New York). Local moon sighting can move the start by a day. 116 days from today. Every year in range is listed below.
- Next
- Tue, Mar 9
- Day of week
- Tuesday
- Category
- Religious
- Days away
- 116
How the date is set
The Hijri calendar is purely lunar, with no leap month at all. Twelve lunar months run about eleven days shorter than a solar year, so the Gregorian date walks backwards through the seasons and returns to where it started roughly every thirty-three years.
Eid al-Fitr in every year
- Eid al-Fitr 2026Fri, Mar 20
- Eid al-Fitr 2027Tue, Mar 9
- Eid al-Fitr 2028Sat, Feb 26
- Eid al-Fitr 2029Wed, Feb 14
- Eid al-Fitr 2030Mon, Feb 4
- Eid al-Fitr 2031Fri, Jan 24