Ramadan 2027 timetable for Norway

By the Umm al-Qura calendar, Monday 8 February 2027 is the first day of fasting. The final date depends on the moon sighting, so it can be a day later. The Islamic Council of Norway (Islamsk Råd Norge) and the mosques announce the start, usually the evening before. Ramadan lasts 29 or 30 days, and Eid al-Fitr is expected around 9 Mar 2027.

Sahur is the meal before dawn. You can eat and drink right up until Fajr begins, at first light. 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.

Imsak is a safety margin, often 10 minutes before Fajr, so nobody eats too late because a clock is a little off. The fast still begins at Fajr. If you want the margin, stop eating 10 minutes before the time in the table.

Iftar is at Maghrib, just after sunset. The times here add a 5 minute margin after sunset, as Norwegian mosque calendars do. It is sunnah to break the fast with a date and water before the Maghrib prayer.

Ramadan falls in February and March, so the fasts are short compared with a summer Ramadan. In Oslo the fast lasts 10 h 47 min on the first day and 13 h 13 min on the last day. Further north the days are shorter at the start but grow faster: in Tromsø the fast goes from 9 h 36 min to 13 h 38 min.

Not in 2027. The sun rises and sets every day all over Norway in February and March, and it goes far enough below the horizon for Fajr and Isha to be worked out with the usual angles. The rules for midnight sun and polar night are not needed this Ramadan.

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.

Mosques and apps use different angles for Fajr and different margins. This page uses 16° for Fajr and 15° for Isha, like the calendar of the Islamic Council of Norway. The Muslim World League uses 18°, which gives an earlier Fajr. If your mosque has a Ramadan calendar, follow it.

Many everyday things do not break the fast, and a few that seem harmless do. The checker below answers more than 50 of them, with where the four schools differ. Does this break my fast?

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