How many days until Laylat al-Qadr?

Laylat al-Qadr in plain numbers

As of Thursday, October 1, 2026, Laylat al-Qadr is 156 days away. Put another way, that is 22 full weeks and 2 extra days, about 5 calendar months, or 3,744 hours if you count from midnight. The date lands on a Saturday, in ISO week 9 of 2027, and it is day 65 of 365 in that year.

This page is not a snapshot. The figures are recalculated every time it loads, using the Asia/Karachi time zone, so tomorrow the count will be one day smaller. If you bookmark the page you will always see the current gap rather than the number that was true on the day you saved it, and nobody has to edit anything for that to stay correct.

Planning around the date

For work and school planning the useful numbers are working days and weekends. Between today and Laylat al-Qadr there are 111 weekdays (Monday to Friday), 23 Saturdays and 22 Sundays. Take out public holidays in your region and you have a realistic count of working days left. If you are paid every two weeks, expect about 11 paydays before then, and about 22 if you are paid weekly.

Some people prefer to break a long wait into stages. The quarter mark of the range is Monday, November 9, 2026, the halfway point is Friday, December 18, 2026, and the three-quarter mark is Tuesday, January 26, 2027. By the time Laylat al-Qadr arrives, 17.8% of 2027 will have gone by. There are 23 Fridays in the range, which is handy if your deadlines or deliveries land at the end of the week.

About Laylat al-Qadr

The 27th night of Ramadan, commonly observed as Laylat al-Qadr, computed from the tabular Hijri calendar. Because Laylat al-Qadr is a religious observance, many families organize travel, meals, services and time off around it. Congregations usually publish their own schedules, so treat the date here as the calendar date and confirm local timings with your community.

Laylat al-Qadr follows the Islamic lunar calendar, whose months last 29 or 30 days. The date here comes from the tabular Hijri calendar; when a community sights the crescent moon locally, the observed date can differ by a day.

Laylat al-Qadr in other years

In the coming years Laylat al-Qadr falls on: Wednesday, February 23, 2028 (510 days from today); Sunday, February 11, 2029 (864 days from today); Thursday, January 31, 2030 (1,218 days from today); Tuesday, January 21, 2031 (1,573 days from today). Last year it fell on Monday, March 16, 2026. Comparing the weekdays shows how the holiday drifts through the week, which matters when you plan long weekends, school breaks and travel that depends on which day of the week it lands.

What comes next

The next major date after Laylat al-Qadr is Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday, March 9, 2027, 3 days later. If you are planning a stretch of several weeks, it helps to know where the next break or deadline falls so you can space out your commitments.

Laylat al-Qadr: last time, next time and next year

The most recent Laylat al-Qadr was Monday, March 16, 2026, 199 days ago (28 weeks and 3 days); the next one is Saturday, March 6, 2027, 156 days from today (22 weeks and 2 days). These results move forward on their own: once a date has passed, the page switches to the next occurrence, so the same address stays correct in every year and you never need to look for a year-specific page. The table under the key figures lists the same dates with their weekdays.

Using this day counter

Counting in days is the most flexible view. It suits deadlines, trips, exam dates, pregnancy milestones and product launches, because a day is the smallest unit most calendars use. The day count on this page includes weekends, so subtract weekends and holidays if you only care about working time. For a rounder feel, try the weeks view; for a long horizon, try months.