Cape Town’s Ramadan day
If Ramadan 2027 begins on Monday 8 February 2027, the first sehri in Cape Town ends at 04:42 and the first iftaar is at 19:46, so the first fast is 15 h 04 m. The thirtieth day runs from 05:16 to 19:13, 13 h 57 m. Every row of the table under the tool has that day’s suhoor, sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, iftaar and Isha, and how long the fast lasts.
West and south: why the Cape is different
South Africa keeps one time zone, and Cape Town sits at its far south-western corner. Being west puts sunrise and sunset later by the clock: about 4 minutes for each degree of longitude, about 40 to 50 minutes against Johannesburg. Being south makes the days longer whenever Ramadan falls in the southern summer, so Cape Town’s fasts run longer than Gauteng’s or KwaZulu-Natal’s, about half an hour longer than Johannesburg’s at the start of Ramadan 2027. Don’t borrow a timetable from family up north: the Johannesburg timetable is right for Gauteng only.
Matching your masjid’s sheet
The tool calculates the same method for every South African city. The Johannesburg page explains it, along with the Hanafi Asr switch and the minute offsets. In short: if your local masjid’s printed Fajr or Isha is a few minutes away from this table, pick its method or nudge the times with an offset; Maghrib, the time that matters for iftaar, is sunset and barely depends on the method.
Beyond the city
Towns further up the West Coast or inland in the Western Cape have their own sunsets. Search for yours at the top of the tool and print that table instead. The PDF prints on A4, and the calendar export puts each day’s sehri and iftaar on your phone with alerts.
Ramadan 2027 in Cape Town, week by week
With the Muslim World League method and standard Asr, starting on the Umm al-Qura date. The full 30-day table is above.
| Day | Date | Suhoor ends (Fajr) | Iftar (Maghrib) | Length of the fast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 8 Feb | 04:42 | 19:46 | 15 h 04 m |
| 8 | Mon 15 Feb | 04:51 | 19:39 | 14 h 48 m |
| 15 | Mon 22 Feb | 05:00 | 19:31 | 14 h 31 m |
| 22 | Mon 1 Mar | 05:07 | 19:23 | 14 h 16 m |
| 29 | Mon 8 Mar | 05:15 | 19:14 | 13 h 59 m |
| 30 | Tue 9 Mar | 05:16 | 19:13 | 13 h 57 m |
Calculation method
Muslim World League (MWL): Fajr 18°, Isha 17°. The most widely used international convention; common in Europe, the Far East and parts of the Americas.