Islam · 2026
Ramadan starts 2026 is on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
In 2026, Ramadan starts falls on a Tuesday.
The exact date of Ramadan starts 2026
Ramadan starts 2026 falls on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. That is a Tuesday, a regular working weekday in most countries. It is the 48th day of 2026 and sits in ISO week 8. If you are planning around it, the day of the week matters as much as the date itself, because it decides whether the observance creates a long weekend, a midweek pause, or a day that has to be moved under local substitute-holiday rules.
With Ramadan starts on a Tuesday, a single day of leave on the Monday turns it into a four-day weekend, the classic "bridge day" pattern.
Ramadan starts around 2026
How the date moves in the years either side of 2026. Each year links to its own page with a countdown and the full day-of-week detail.
About Ramadan starts
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and a sacred period for Muslims worldwide. The month is widely observed through dawn-to-sunset fasting, increased prayer, Qur'an recitation, reflection, and acts of charity. The first day depends on the start of the Hijri month, so the Gregorian date shifts earlier by about eleven days each year. In many places, the start is confirmed by religious authorities after moon-sighting reports, while calendar-based dates are used for planning. This page uses the Ramadan start date already present in timekit's 2026-2035 religious holidays data, computed with the site's Hijri engine. Local observance can vary by one day.
Calendar note: Computed with the local Hijri Umm al-Qura-aligned engine; local crescent sightings may differ.
Ramadan starts 2026, common questions
- When is Ramadan starts 2026?
- Ramadan starts 2026 falls on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
- What day of the week is Ramadan starts 2026?
- In 2026, Ramadan starts falls on a Tuesday, a weekday.
- When is Ramadan starts the year after 2026?
- In 2027, Ramadan starts falls on Sunday, February 7.
- Why does the date of Ramadan starts change each year?
- This page uses the Ramadan start date already present in timekit's 2026-2035 religious holidays data, computed with the site's Hijri engine. Local observance can vary by one day.