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Laylatul Qadr (27th night) 2027: Date in India and Meaning

Laylatul Qadr, the Night of Decree, is the night on which the Quran began to be revealed, described in the Quran as better than a thousand months. It falls in the last ten nights of Ramadan; in South Asia the 27th night is the most widely observed.

In India

the night of Sat, 6 March 2027 (Sun, 7 March 2027 is the day)

Expected, subject to moon sighting. In Saudi Arabia (Umm al-Qura): the night of Fri, 5 March 2027.

The year after: the night of Wed, 23 February 2028 (Thu, 24 February 2028 is the day).

In the Quran

Surah al-Qadr (97:1 to 5) describes the night, and Surah ad-Dukhan (44:3) calls it a blessed night.

Which night

The Prophet said: search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan (Sahih al-Bukhari 2017). The 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th and 29th nights are all candidates, and many spend all of the last ten in worship.

Aisha asked what she should say if she knew which night it was, and the Prophet taught her a short dua asking for God's pardon (Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3513).

How it is observed

  • Across Sunni communitiesMany mosques in India complete the recitation of the Quran in tarawih around the 27th night, which is spent in prayer, recitation and dua.

Sources

  1. Quran 97:1-5
  2. Quran 44:3
  3. Sahih al-Bukhari 2017
  4. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3513

Updated 6 October 2026 by the Sunni One editors, compiled from the sources above.