Ramadan 2027 timetable for Brazil

By the Umm al-Qura calendar, Monday 8 February 2027 is the first day of fasting. It is confirmed the evening before, depending on the sighting of the moon, so it can move by a day. In Brazil, FAMBRAS and other Islamic bodies announce the start, and each mosque announces the date it follows. Ramadan lasts 29 or 30 days, and Eid al-Fitr is expected on Tuesday 9 March 2027. Eid al-Fitr 2027

Sahur is the meal before dawn. You can eat and drink right up until Fajr begins. The time in the "Sahur ends" column is the last moment, not the time to start eating. Many people get up half an hour earlier so they have time for a calm meal.

Iftar is at Maghrib, when the sun has set. In São Paulo it is at 18:52 on the first day and 18:30 on the last day. It is sunnah to break the fast with a date and water before the Maghrib prayer.

It depends on where you are. Ramadan falls in summer, so the fasts are longest in the South: on the first day 14 h 47 min in Porto Alegre and 14 h 22 min in São Paulo, against 13 h 26 min in Manaus. In the South and Southeast the fast gets about 1 min shorter each day; in São Paulo it comes to about 407 hours over the month.

Each city is shown in its local time. For most of the country that is Brasília time. Manaus, Cuiabá, Campo Grande, Porto Velho and Boa Vista are an hour behind, and Rio Branco two: there the first sahur ends at 04:18 and iftar is at 18:01, local time.

Mosques and apps do not all use the same angle for Fajr and Isha. These times use 18° for Fajr and 17° for Isha, the angles on the prayer-times page of FAMBRAS (the Federation of Muslim Associations of Brazil), with Maghrib a minute after sunset. At 15°, sahur in São Paulo ends about 14 minutes later, and some calendars add an imsak 10 minutes before Fajr as a margin. Shia mosques follow their own calendar, with a later Maghrib. If your mosque publishes a Ramadan calendar, follow it.

No. Showering, bathing and swimming do not break the fast, as long as you do not swallow water. Take care when you rinse your mouth and nose. Brushing your teeth is fine too, without swallowing. The checker answers more than 50 everyday questions like these, with where the four schools differ. Does this break my fast?

Zakat al-fitr is a small gift of food, or its value, that every Muslim who can afford it gives for each person in the household before the Eid prayer, so people in need can celebrate too. Mosques in Brazil announce the amount each year: the value of about 2.5 to 3 kilos of a staple food such as rice or flour. It is different from zakat, the yearly 2.5% on savings above the nisab. Zakat calculator

Anyone who is ill, travelling, menstruating or bleeding after childbirth should not fast, and pregnant and breastfeeding women may leave it if they worry about themselves or the baby. Children do not fast before puberty. The missed days are made up later in the year. Someone who will never be able to fast, for example because of old age or a lasting illness, gives fidya instead: food for a person in need for each day. Ask your imam if this applies to you.

Start small: practise getting up for sahur a few days before, and learn the niyyah, the intention to fast. You do not need to know everything on day one. The guide below covers what matters most. Your first Ramadan