لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍۢ
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
Islamic calendar · Ramadan 1448 AH
When are the last ten nights of Ramadan in 2027?
The last ten nights of Ramadan — the nights in which Laylat al-Qadr is sought — begin with the evening of Saturday 27 February 2027, expected.
Short answer
Sunday 28 February 2027 to Monday 8 March 2027 (21 Ramadan 1448 AH to 29 Ramadan 1448 AH), beginning the evening before, Saturday 27 February 2027.
±1 day · Dates on this page are astronomical (Umm al-Qura) estimates. Dates your community actually observes — especially around Ramadan and the Eids — can differ by a day based on local moon sighting.Expected Sunday 28 February 2027
He strove harder than at any other time.
When the last ten nights began, the Prophet ﷺ prayed through the night, woke his family, and gave himself fully to worship.
Laylat al-Qadr is in these nights. He told us to look for it in the last ten, in the odd nights.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2024 · Sahih Muslim 1175 · Sahih al-Bukhari 2017Stay awake for them.
- Pray in the night.
He prayed through the whole night.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2024 - Wake your family.
He woke his family for the prayer.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2024 - Stay in the mosque for worship (i'tikaf), if you can.
He kept i'tikaf in the last ten every year, and his wives kept it after him.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2026 - Make dua.
Aisha asked what to say on Laylat al-Qadr. He taught her to ask Allah for pardon.
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3513
Why the last ten.
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A year of i'tikaf
The Prophet ﷺ spent the middle ten nights in i'tikaf. He was shown Laylat al-Qadr, then made to forget it, and he moved his i'tikaf to the last ten.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2018 -
The 21st night
It rained, the roof of the mosque leaked, and after the morning prayer his face was marked with mud and water.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2018 -
His last year
He stayed in i'tikaf for twenty days.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2044
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How this date is set
This date is set by the Islamic lunar calendar, not the Gregorian one. Ramadan is the ninth month of the twelve Hijri months, and each Hijri month runs 29 or 30 days, beginning with the birth of the new moon. Twelve lunar months make a year of 354 or 355 days — about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year — so the same Islamic date lands about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year.
The Gregorian date shown is the Umm al-Qura calculation: the official Islamic calendar of Saudi Arabia, built from astronomical calculation of the new moon, and the calendar this site's Hijri calendar converter uses. Other communities wait for the new crescent to be seen with the eye, or follow a different country's announcement — so the day your community actually observes can sit a day either side of the estimate. Because the Islamic day begins at sunset, the date begins the evening before the Gregorian day shown.
The window is fixed in the Hijri calendar: the nights of the 21st of Ramadan to its last night. For 1448, Ramadan is expected to run 29 days, so the ten nights begin with the evening of Saturday 27 February 2027 and end with the day of Monday 8 March — the last day of Ramadan, with Eid al-Fitr expected on Tuesday 9 March. If your community's Ramadan runs 30 days, the window stretches one day further; if it began a day later, shift the whole window by a day.
Last ten nights of Ramadan 2027 around the years
The same Hijri date, three cycles running. The Hijri year is about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year, so each cycle lands earlier in the Gregorian calendar.
| Hijri date | Expected Gregorian date | Weekday | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Ramadan 1447 AH | 10 March 2026 | Tuesday | previous cycle |
| 21 Ramadan 1448 AH | 28 February 2027 | Sunday | this page |
| 21 Ramadan 1449 AH | 17 February 2028 | Thursday | next cycle |
All rows are Umm al-Qura estimates; each carries the same ±1 day moon-sighting uncertainty. Generated 2026-09-24.
Frequently asked questions
When do the last ten nights of Ramadan start in 2027?
21 Ramadan 1448 AH is expected on Sunday 28 February 2027 (Umm al-Qura), so the first of the ten nights begins at sunset the evening before, Saturday 27 February. Moon sighting can shift the start by a day.
When do the last ten nights end?
Ramadan 1448 is expected to be 29 days, so the tenth night ends with the day of Monday 8 March 2027 — the last day of Ramadan, with Eid al-Fitr expected on Tuesday 9 March.
When were the last ten nights in 2026, and when are they in 2028?
For 1447: the nights beginning on or around 9 March 2026. For 1449: expected from the evening of 16 February 2028.
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