Ramadan 2027 in the UAE is expected to begin on Monday, 8 February 2027, with Eid Al Fitr forecast for around 10 March 2027. That gives you until early February to build your Ramadan 2027 social media calendar, before the moon sighting confirms anything and every other agency scrambles to update theirs. Every date below is a forecast, not a confirmation. Gulf News and other Gulf outlets are explicit that Islamic calendar dates depend on the official crescent sighting, and so is this article.
Ramadan 2027 dates UAE: what’s expected, not confirmed
Current astronomical forecasting puts the crescent moon sighting for Ramadan on the evening of Sunday, 7 February 2027, which would put the first day of fasting on Monday, 8 February 2027, according to Gulf News. Nothing about this is official until the UAE’s moon-sighting committee meets that evening. Build your content calendar against 8 February as the working date, and leave a one or two day buffer either side for the confirmation.
Eid Al Fitr 2027 date
Gulf News forecasts Eid Al Fitr for Wednesday, 10 March 2027. Other outlets state a range instead of a single date, because the holiday depends on whether Ramadan runs 29 or 30 days: it could land on 9 or 10 March. For a content calendar, that’s not a problem to solve, just one to plan for. Draft your Eid greeting post to work on either day, and hold your final approval slot open until the sighting is confirmed rather than scheduling blind two weeks out.
Arafat Day and Eid al Adha 2027 date UAE
Gulf News expects the UAE’s Eid Al Adha holiday to run from 15 to 18 May 2027, subject to the Dhu Al Hijja crescent sighting. Working from that: Arafat Day falls around 15 May, and Eid Al Adha itself around 16 to 18 May. Treat this as a working assumption for your calendar, not a confirmed date, until closer to the time.
Eid Al Etihad 2027: 2 and 3 December, fixed
Unlike the Islamic holidays above, Eid Al Etihad sits on a fixed Gregorian date. Gulf News reports that the UAE will mark its 56th Eid Al Etihad in 2027 with a two-day public holiday on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December. You can schedule Eid Al Etihad 2027 posts now, months in advance, with none of the moon-sighting uncertainty that applies to Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr or Eid Al Adha.
Saudi Founding Day and National Day 2027: a different market
If you also post for Saudi clients, two more fixed dates belong on that calendar, not the UAE one. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms Founding Day falls every year on 22 February, marking the 1727 founding of the First Saudi State, which puts it on 22 February 2027. The same ministry confirms Saudi National Day as 23 September every year, so 23 September 2027. Both are fixed Gregorian dates from a government source, unlike the moon-sighting holidays above, so keep them on a separate Saudi calendar rather than folding them into UAE Ramadan planning.
Building your Ramadan 2027 social media calendar
The evening shift after iftar
A vendor study by Meltwater found UAE Instagram audiences are generally most active between 19:00 and 22:00 on weekdays. That’s a year-round pattern, not a Ramadan one, but it points at the same answer to “when to post during Ramadan”: later. Once iftar is done and evenings stretch out, plan your posting slots for after sunset rather than the mid-morning windows that work the rest of the year.
The pre-Eid retail window
The days before Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha carry a different mood: last-minute gifting, outfits, travel, and food content, all compressed into a short window. Build that push into the calendar as its own block, separate from the daily Ramadan content, and give it its own approval deadline so it doesn’t get lost in the general Ramadan queue.
One queue per client time zone
If you’re running accounts for clients across the Gulf, don’t run one shared queue for all of them. A post timed for 8pm in Dubai lands differently for a client posting from Riyadh or Doha. Scheduling posts in your client’s time zone covers how to keep each client’s queue running on their own clock, which matters more during Ramadan than any other month.
Approvals signed off before the month starts
Get Ramadan content approved before 8 February, not during it. Inboxes get busier in Ramadan, reply windows still close on the same schedule, and nobody wants to be chasing sign-off on a Ramadan greeting on the morning it’s due to post. A social media approval workflow clients will use is worth setting up well before the first Ramadan post goes into the queue.
Checklist for the last ten nights
The final ten nights of Ramadan carry the heaviest posting load of the month. Work through this before you get there:
- Confirm the Eid Al Fitr forecast date against the latest moon-sighting news, and keep both 9 and 10 March drafts ready.
- Queue your Eid greeting post with a placeholder date, then lock it once the sighting is confirmed.
- Schedule any retail or gifting push for the three or four days before Eid, separate from daily Ramadan content.
- Update holiday hours, delivery cut-offs and store closures across every client account before the last week.
- Set inbox coverage for the Eid public holiday itself, since DMs and comments don’t pause for the holiday even if your team does.
- Pause any automations tied to normal business hours, and resume them once the holiday ends.
A Ramadan calendar built in November holds up better than one built in January, because the confirmation news arrives late and the posting load arrives fast. Planning each client’s queue on their own time zone, with approvals locked in before the month starts, is the same discipline Ignis is built around: one inbox, one approval step, and a queue that respects the clock the client actually works on. See what that looks like on the features page.
Questions people ask
When does Ramadan 2027 start in the UAE?
Ramadan 2027 is expected to begin on Monday, 8 February 2027, after the crescent moon is sought on the evening of Sunday, 7 February, according to Gulf News. This is a forecast, not a confirmed date, and the official moon-sighting committee will confirm it closer to the time.
What is the Eid Al Fitr 2027 date?
Gulf News forecasts Eid Al Fitr for Wednesday, 10 March 2027, while some other outlets give a two-day range of 9 or 10 March, depending on whether Ramadan runs 29 or 30 days. Plan your Eid content to work on either day until the sighting is confirmed.
When is Eid Al Adha 2027 in the UAE?
The UAE’s Eid Al Adha holiday is expected to run from 15 to 18 May 2027, with Arafat Day around 15 May and Eid Al Adha itself around 16 to 18 May, subject to the Dhu Al Hijja crescent sighting.
When is Eid Al Etihad 2027?
Eid Al Etihad, the UAE’s National Day, falls on a fixed date: Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December 2027, marking the UAE’s 56th anniversary with a two-day public holiday. Unlike Ramadan and the two Eids, this date does not depend on a moon sighting.
What time should I post during Ramadan?
A vendor study by Meltwater found UAE Instagram audiences are generally most active between 19:00 and 22:00 on weekdays year round. During Ramadan, evenings after iftar are a natural fit for that same later window, though this is vendor-reported data rather than an official platform figure.
Sources
- Ramadan 2027 Date: Expected Start, Moon Sighting Details and Eid Al Fitr Explained
- UAE Public Holidays 2027: Full List of Expected Dates, Long Weekends and Islamic Holiday Schedule
- UAE public holidays: First six-day weekend of 2027 revealed
- The Best Time to Post on Instagram in the UAE
- Founding Day
- Saudi National Day
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