Track your progress fasting the six recommended days of Shawwal after Ramadan, and see exactly how many days remain until the Shawwal window closes.
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Fasting six days in the month of Shawwal, the month directly following Ramadan, is one of the most rewarded voluntary fasts in Islam, based on a hadith recorded in Sahih Muslim in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) states that whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days of Shawwal will have fasted as though they fasted an entire year. Scholars explain this through the same tenfold-reward principle behind other recommended fasts: a full Ramadan is rewarded as ten months, and six additional days are rewarded as the remaining two months, together completing a full lunar year. The six days do not need to be fasted consecutively or immediately after Eid al-Fitr — any six days within Shawwal, in any order, fulfil the Sunnah — though scholars note that whoever still owes missed (Qada) Ramadan days should generally prioritise completing those first. This tracker calculates the exact Gregorian end date of Shawwal for the Hijri year you specify, using the same tabular Kuwaiti algorithm applied throughout this website.
Ramadan ends with the joy of Eid al-Fitr, but for many Muslims the month that follows it — Shawwal — carries its own quiet opportunity that is easy to overlook once the celebrations wind down. A well-known hadith recorded in Sahih Muslim describes the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) explaining that whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days of Shawwal has fasted as though they had fasted an entire year. For a commitment of just six extra days, spread across an entire month, the reward described is remarkably disproportionate to the effort required.
The explanation scholars typically give for this specific figure rests on a broader Qur'anic principle that a single good deed is rewarded tenfold. A thirty-day Ramadan, multiplied tenfold, is credited as the equivalent of ten months of fasting. Six additional days, multiplied the same way, come out to roughly sixty days — the equivalent of two more months. Ten months plus two months adds up to a full twelve-month year, which is why this modest six-day fast carries such an outsized description in the hadith.
One detail that often gets lost is how flexible the timing actually is. There is no requirement to fast all six days back-to-back starting the day after Eid, though many people do exactly that simply because it is easier to remember. The six days can just as validly be spread across the entire month of Shawwal in any order — two days one week, one day the next, whatever fits a person's schedule, health, or work commitments — as long as all six fall within Shawwal itself and none of them is the day of Eid al-Fitr, when fasting is forbidden for everyone.
A separate, practical question many people have is one of priority: what if Ramadan days are still owed? Most scholars recommend settling outstanding Qada (makeup) fasting first, since that is an obligation rather than a voluntary act, though this is exactly the kind of point where personal circumstances and differing scholarly views make consulting a knowledgeable local scholar worthwhile.
Because Shawwal, like every Hijri month, has a fixed length that shifts relative to the Gregorian calendar each year, knowing exactly which Gregorian date the month ends on is more useful than trying to estimate it from memory. This tracker calculates that end date directly from the Eid al-Fitr date you provide, so you always know exactly how many days remain to complete the six.
Based on a hadith in Sahih Muslim, fasting Ramadan and following it with six days of Shawwal carries the reward of fasting an entire year, since Ramadan is counted as ten months and the six days as the remaining two, following the principle that a good deed is multiplied tenfold.
No. You may fast the six days consecutively right after Eid al-Fitr, or spread them out on any six days within Shawwal — both approaches fulfil the Sunnah equally.
Many scholars recommend prioritising outstanding Qada days first, since that is an obligation, while the six days of Shawwal are voluntary. Others allow combining the intention; if you are unsure, a qualified scholar can advise on your specific case.
Yes, as long as it is not the day of Eid al-Fitr itself, since fasting is forbidden on that specific day. Any of the following days within Shawwal are valid.
The specific reward tied to completing all six within Shawwal applies to that Hijri year only, so days not completed in time cannot be carried over — though fasting on any other day remains its own separate, rewarded act of worship.