Eid al-Fitr 2026 was on Friday, 20 March 2026 — it has already passed. The next Eid al-Fitr is on Wednesday, 10 March 2027, in 119 days from today (11 November 2026). The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day. This page gives the 2026 date, what the day means, how it is observed, and the dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028.
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When is Eid al-Fitr 2026?
Eid al-Fitr 2026 is on Friday, 20 March 2026 — Friday. That date has passed; the next occurrence is Wednesday, 10 March 2027 (119 days away). It is a Islamic observance. The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day.
How the countdown is worked out
The countdown is the number of days from today to the holiday's date: the 2026 date is in the past, so the live countdown is to the next occurrence (10 March 2027), which is 119 days away. The count is in calendar days — it counts the days you have to wait, not the number of midnights, and it does not count today. The countdown timer recomputes the number live, second by second, and the days until calculator does the same calculation for any date you choose. If the holiday is in a different time zone from you, the day starts at a different moment — but the date is the date, and the countdown is in days, so the time zone does not change the number.
What is Eid al-Fitr?
Eid al-Fitr is the festival that ends Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. Its date depends on the sighting of the new moon, so the exact date can shift by a day.
How Eid al-Fitr is observed
Families attend morning prayers, share festive meals and give gifts and money (Eidi) to children. It is a public holiday across the Muslim world and is often called the 'Festival of Breaking the Fast'.
How the date is worked out
Eid al-Fitr follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, so its date moves each year and the exact date depends on the moon sighting or the local calendar. The dates on this page are the expected dates; they can shift by a day. For planning travel or time off, confirm the date with an official source for your country — and for religious observance, with your local religious authority.
Eid al-Fitr dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 March 2026 | Friday |
| 2027 | 10 March 2027 | Wednesday |
| 2028 | 27 February 2028 | Sunday |
Eid al-Fitr 2026 in the calendar
Eid al-Fitr 2026 is the 79th day of 2026 — a year of 365 days — and it falls in ISO week 12 of the year. There are 286 days left in the year after it, and 31 days in March 2026. In the Northern Hemisphere it is spring; in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed.
The week number matters more than people think: in business and government across Europe, dates are often given as week numbers, and the week number finder gives the ISO week for any date. The day-of-year number is used in astronomy, in logistics and in some payroll systems. And the days-left figure is the useful one for planning the rest of the year: after Eid al-Fitr 2026 there are 286 days — 40 weeks — left in 2026.
Planning for Eid al-Fitr 2026
The 2026 observance has passed, so the planning horizon is the next one: Wednesday, 10 March 2027 is 119 days away. That is 17 weeks — enough time to book travel, arrange time off and plan properly, and the earlier you book, the cheaper the travel usually is. The dates table above gives the next three years, so you can plan further ahead too.
Eid al-Fitr 2026 falls on a Friday — a weekday — so most people need to take the day off to mark it properly. Book the time off early, especially if the holiday is one people travel for: the days around a weekday holiday are among the busiest travel days of the year, and the fares rise as the date approaches.
The countdown in other units
The countdown to the next Eid al-Fitr (Wednesday, 10 March 2027) is 119 days — which is 17 weeks and 0 days, 2856 hours, 171,360 minutes, or about 3.9 months. Of those 119 days, 85 are weekdays and 34 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 85 of them left before the holiday. The days between dates calculator works out the same numbers for any two dates, and the business days calculator counts the working days excluding public holidays.
Eid al-Fitr around the world
As an Islamic observance, this day follows the Islamic lunar calendar, so its date moves each year and the exact date depends on the sighting of the new moon — it can shift by a day. It is a public holiday across the Muslim world. The lunar calendar is about 11 days shorter than the solar year, so Islamic observances move backwards through the seasons, falling about 11 days earlier each year.
Planning checklist for Eid al-Fitr 2026
| When | Task |
|---|---|
| Now | The 2026 observance has passed — put the next one (Wednesday, 10 March 2027) in your calendar, with a reminder a month before. |
| One month before | Book travel and request time off, if Eid al-Fitr means either. |
| One week before | Confirm plans, buy what you need, and check the date — lunar dates can shift by a day. |
More countdowns
If you are counting down to Eid al-Fitr, you may also be counting down to Christmas Day 2026, New Year's Day 2026, Easter Sunday 2026. And for the same holiday in another year, see Eid al-Fitr 2027 and Eid al-Fitr 2028.
Frequently asked questions
When is Eid al-Fitr 2026?
Eid al-Fitr 2026 is on Friday, 20 March 2026 (Friday). The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day.
How many days until Eid al-Fitr 2026?
Eid al-Fitr 2026 has passed. The next one is Wednesday, 10 March 2027, in 119 days from 11 November 2026.
What day of the week is Eid al-Fitr 2026?
Eid al-Fitr 2026 is a Friday.
When is Eid al-Fitr in 2027?
Eid al-Fitr 2027 is on Wednesday, 10 March 2027 (Wednesday).
Is Eid al-Fitr a public holiday?
Eid al-Fitr is a religious observance; whether it is a public holiday depends on the country. It is a public holiday in the countries where that religion is the majority or an official faith.
What is Eid al-Fitr?
Eid al-Fitr is the festival that ends Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. Its date depends on the sighting of the new moon, so the exact date can shift by a day.
How many weeks until Eid al-Fitr 2026?
The next Eid al-Fitr is 119 days away, which is 17 weeks and 0 days.
How many working days are left until Eid al-Fitr 2026?
Count the weekdays between today and the holiday: the business days calculator does it, excluding weekends and the public holidays you add. The countdown in other units above gives the weekday count for the next occurrence.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - Holiday dates: TimeFlow's own holiday data (
data/holidays.ts). Lunar and lunisolar dates are labelled approximate: the exact local date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day. - TimeFlow's countdown timer and days until calculator — the live tools behind the countdown on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.