Laylat al-Qadr Night Planner: Last Third Times by City

Each of the last ten nights of Ramadan begins when the sun sets and ends when dawn breaks. Those moments differ from city to city, and so does the last third of the night, the hour the Prophet ﷺ singled out for supplication. The planner below calculates all three for your city on every one of the ten nights, highlights the odd nights, and lets you add the last third of each night to your calendar with a reminder.

Your Night Window

Choose your city to see when each of the last ten nights begins, when its last third starts, and when dawn ends it.

Why the last third of the night

يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ

Our Lord, Blessed and Exalted, descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains, and says: Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him? Who will ask of Me, that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him? Narrated by Abū Hurayrah¹

This descent happens every night of the year. On the nights that may be Laylat al-Qadr, it meets a night better than a thousand months, and the believer who is awake and supplicating in that window stands at the meeting of the two. The planner marks the window so that it is not lost to guesswork.

How the times are calculated

Time	How it is found
Night begins	Sunset, the time of the Maghrib prayer
Dawn (night ends)	The start of the Fajr prayer time, from the dawn angle used in each country
Last third begins	The span from sunset to dawn divided into three; the last third starts two thirds of the way through

The night is measured from sunset to dawn, so its thirds change in length through the year and from place to place.

Each preset city uses the calculation method of its national authority where that could be identified, or the nearest standard method. The method appears under the planner. Where the planner and your local mosque disagree, follow the mosque.

Using the planner

Choose your city from the list, or press Use my location. The location stays on your device.
Choose the date on which Ramadan began in your country. Countries that rely on local sighting may begin a day later.
Select any night to see its times; the odd nights are shaded and the 27th is starred.
Add one night or all ten to your calendar. Each entry carries a reminder fifteen minutes before the last third begins.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, no. 1145. VERIFIED on sunnah.com/bukhari:1145, 25 September 2026. ↩︎