Quran Khatam Planner
Pick when you want to finish and where you are now. See how many pages to read each day, or after each of the five prayers, with a day by day plan you can print. Based on the standard Madani mushaf of 604 pages.
Your goal
Juz 1, Surah Al-Fatihah
Reading style
Days off
No reading on these days.
Your plan
How to plan a khatam
A khatam (khatm, or khatmah) is one complete reading of the Quran. The Madani mushaf, the most common print, has 604 pages in 30 juz of about 20 pages each. So a plan is simple: the pages you have left, divided by the days you have.
- Pick a goal you can keep. One juz a day for a month, or a few pages a day for a year. A small plan you finish beats a big one you drop.
- Tie it to something you already do. After a prayer, before work, before bed. Same time, same place.
- Missed a day? Do not start over. Carry on from your page, and if you are far behind, put your page in the planner and make a new plan.
- Leave a day off if you need one. Pick the days off in the planner and the other days take the pages.
If your mushaf has a different layout, such as an Indo-Pak print, the page numbers will not match. Use the juz in the plan as your guide.
Four pages after each prayer
The classic way to finish in a month is to read 4 pages after each of the five daily prayers. That is 20 pages a day, one juz, and at 2 to 3 minutes a page it is about 10 minutes each time. It is easy to remember, and the prayers keep the habit going on busy days.
Thirty days of 20 pages is 600, so 4 pages are left over. Read one more page after Fajr on a few days, or read the last 4 on the final day. Pick “After each prayer” in the planner to see the pages for each prayer.
Reading the Quran in Ramadan
Ramadan is the month the Quran was sent down (2:185). Every night of Ramadan, Jibril met the Prophet ﷺ and they went through the Quran together, and in his last year they did it twice (al-Bukhari). That is why so many Muslims aim for at least one khatam in Ramadan, and why many mosques recite about one juz a night in tarawih.
Ramadan 2027 is expected from 8 February to 8 March 2027. A month of 29 days needs 21 pages a day, and 30 days a little over 20. Two khatams need about 42 a day. Plan for the days you really have: if you work or study, you may read more on weekends and less on long days.
New to fasting? Read your first Ramadan and when Ramadan 2027 starts.
New to Islam? Start small
A khatam means the Arabic recitation. Reading the translation is not a khatam, but it is learning, and it is how you come to know what the Quran says. Both have their place.
If you cannot read Arabic yet, you are not behind. Start with Al-Fatiha and the short surahs you pray with, and read a page of translation alongside. The Prophet ﷺ said that someone who reads the Quran with difficulty, stumbling over it, gets a double reward (al-Bukhari, Muslim). He also said the deeds Allah loves most are the ones done regularly, even if they are small (al-Bukhari, Muslim).
So one page a day is a fine plan. Put 1 in “Pages a day” and the planner shows when you would finish. See also how to read the Quran as a beginner and learn by heart.
Questions about finishing the Quran
How many pages a day to finish the Quran in 30 days?
About 20 pages a day, which is one juz. The Madani mushaf has 604 pages, so 20 a day leaves 4 pages over: read 21 a day and you finish on day 29, or read 20 and add the last 4 on the final day.
How long does it take to read one juz?
A juz is about 20 pages. A fluent reader takes 2 to 3 minutes a page, so 40 minutes to an hour. If you are still learning to read Arabic it can take two hours or more, and the reward does not shrink because you are slow.
How do I finish the Quran in Ramadan 2027?
Ramadan 2027 is expected from 8 February to 8 March 2027, 29 days by the Umm al-Qura calendar, but the real start follows the moon sighting. For one khatam, read 21 pages a day, or 4 pages after each prayer and one more after Fajr. For two, read 42 a day. Pick "In Ramadan 2027" in the planner. When is Ramadan 2027?
Do I have to start from the beginning?
No. If you are already part of the way through, carry on from your page or juz. The khatam is complete when you have read every page. Many people like to start fresh on the first night of Ramadan, and that is fine too.
Does reading the translation count as a khatam?
A khatam means reciting the whole Quran in Arabic. Reading the meaning in your own language is not a khatam, but it is still worthwhile: it is how you understand what Allah says, and seeking knowledge is rewarded. Many people do both, a little Arabic and a little translation each day.
How fast is too fast?
The Prophet ﷺ told Abdullah ibn Amr to finish the Quran once a month. When he said he could do more, he allowed him seven days (al-Bukhari). Another hadith says that someone who finishes in less than three days does not understand it (Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi). Once a month is a good, steady goal. Reading well matters more than reading fast.
Do I need wudu to read the Quran?
To touch a printed mushaf, yes, in all four schools. You can recite from memory without wudu, and many scholars allow reading on a phone without it, since a screen is not a mushaf. Someone who needs ghusl should not recite until they have had it, in the view of most scholars. Whether a woman on her period may recite is a difference of opinion: the Maliki school allows it, the other three do not. What is ghusl?
Is anything I type here saved or sent?
No. The planner runs in your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere or stored.