What does qada mean on this page?

Qada (also written qadaa or qaza) is the usual word for making up a missed obligatory fast. This page is a calendar aid, not a fatwa, and it does not tell you whether a particular fast is owed or how it must be made up.

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What qada is, and the expected dates for Ramadan 1448

Q: When is Ramadan 1448 expected to begin?

Published Umm al-Qura figures, as read on 12 November 2026 from Muslims Around the World, give Ramadan 1448 as beginning Monday 8 February 2027, with 29 days, the last fast on Monday 8 March and Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday 9 March 2027. Gulf News and the UAE Astronomy Centre, as reported in 2026, also give an expected start of 8 February 2027, subject to a local crescent-moon sighting. These are expected civil dates, not a ruling.

Qada is the usual word for making up a missed obligatory fast. This page explains the word, lists the expected Sha‘ban and Ramadan 1448 dates we already published from named calendars, and lets you add up makeup days you enter yourself. It is not a religious ruling.

Expected Sha‘ban 1448 window The Android app

Not a fatwa. Whether a missed fast is owed, when it should be made up, and who is excused are questions for a qualified teacher or your local authority. We do not answer them here. Tracking in the app is always free and is never locked behind a purchase.

The word

In everyday use among Muslims who discuss fasting in English, qada (also spelled qadaa or qaza) means making up a missed obligatory Ramadan fast on a later day. People keep a count of days still to make up, often aiming to complete them before the next Ramadan. That description is a dictionary-level account of the word as it is used. It is not a ruling on your situation, and this site does not issue religious advice.

Expected Sha‘ban and Ramadan 1448 dates (published, not invented)

These figures were read from published calendars and news reports on 12 November 2026. Every date is an expected civil date and is subject to a local crescent-moon sighting. The app lets you shift the start by one day and choose 29 or 30 days of Ramadan when your local authority announces a different day.

What	Expected civil dates
Sha‘ban 1448 begins	Saturday 9 January 2027, 30 days, through Sunday 7 February 2027
The 15th night of Sha‘ban, as given in the same Umm al-Qura table	Friday 22 January 2027
Ramadan 1448 begins	Monday 8 February 2027
Ramadan length in that Umm al-Qura table	29 days; last fast Monday 8 March 2027
Eid al-Fitr (1 Shawwal 1448) in that table	Tuesday 9 March 2027

Umm al-Qura, as published by Muslims Around the World (islamic-calendar-2027 and the related Ramadan 2027 pages), consulted 12 November 2026. Gulf News (Huda Ata, updated 1 September 2026, and a later October 2026 report quoting Ibrahim Al Jarwan of the Emirates Astronomical Society) also gives an expected Ramadan start of Monday 8 February 2027, subject to sighting of the crescent on the evening of Sunday 7 February; Eid is given as Tuesday 9 March or Wednesday 10 March depending on the Shawwal crescent. The UAE Astronomy Centre, as reported by Khaleej Times, is cited in the same source note in the app. A lunar month has 29 or 30 days.

On the day those sources were consulted, Thursday 12 November 2026, 8 February 2027 was 88 days later. That figure is just calendar arithmetic from that consult date; it is not a worship timetable, and it does not include iftar or suhoor times (those depend on a local sunrise and sunset, which this site does not invent).

A makeup-day tally you control

If you already know how many days you intend to make up, you can add them here. The page only adds the numbers you type. It does not decide that a day is owed.

Days you are counting as still to make up

Of those, days you have already made up

The Android app

Qada & Ramadan Fast Tracker keeps those expected dates on your phone, in English, Indonesian, Malay and Arabic, and lets you mark days. Tracking is free (US$ 0 / KSh 0) and is never locked behind a purchase. Optional Pro is about US$ 4.99 (about KSh 648; KSh at 129.91 = US$ 1, Central Bank of Kenya, 6 November 2026, illustrative; Google Play sets the charged price). Google Play: coming soon. Full citations are also on the Sha‘ban window page.

Questions

What does qada mean here?

The usual word for making up a missed obligatory fast. This is not a ruling on whether a fast is owed.

When is Ramadan 1448 expected to begin?

Monday 8 February 2027 in the published Umm al-Qura table we read on 12 November 2026, and in the Gulf News / UAE Astronomy Centre reports cited above, subject to a local crescent sighting.

Do you give iftar times?

No. Those depend on local sunrise and sunset. We do not invent them.