Ramadan 2028 in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Ramadan 2028 runs from Friday 28 January to Friday 25 February in the Umm al-Qura calendar, 29 days. Where the month begins and ends with the sighting of the new moon, it may start or end a day earlier or later.
• The first tarawih is prayed after Isha on Thursday 27 January, the evening before the first fast.
• First iftar: 18:57 on Friday 28 January. Last iftar: 18:36 on Friday 25 February.
• Longest fast: 14 h 55 min on Friday 28 January, from 04:02 to 18:57.
• Shortest fast: 14 h 07 min on Friday 25 February, from 04:29 to 18:36.
• Laylat al-Qadr, as most observe it, is the night before the 27th: from Maghrib on Tuesday 22 February, at 18:39.
• Eid al-Fitr: Saturday 26 February.

Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha today: Prayer times in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

When Ramadan begins and ends, every year: Ramadan dates

Sehri and iftar times in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal for each day of the month, in local time, with how long each fast lasts.

• Times follow the Muslim World League method: Fajr when the Sun is 18° below the horizon and Isha at 17°, with these margins: Dhuhr +1 min.
• Sehri ends at Fajr, when the fast begins; many timetables stop a few minutes earlier as a margin.
• Hijri dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar. Where a month begins with the sighting of the new moon, it can start a day earlier or later.
• Worked out when the page loads for 27.8° S, 29.9° E with the adhan library, from Jean Meeus’s astronomical equations, and rounded to the minute.
• Your local mosque may set its own times; follow it.

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