About Us
Observing Ramadan well depends on two things a general app rarely gets right together: astronomical precision and local ground-truth. Iftar Time Rawalpindi was built to serve the roughly 2.5 million residents of the Twin Cities with Sehri and Iftar timings calculated for the Rawalpindi district itself — the Pothohar plain and its own horizon — rather than a broad figure borrowed from Islamabad or “Pakistan.”
Who Is Behind This Site
The timings and religious guidance on this site are overseen by Mufti Muhammad Zubair, who reviews the calculation method, the Sehri and Iftar rulings, and the sect-specific schedules for accuracy against established Fiqh. Alongside him works a small team of local developers and community members who handle the technology and the on-the-ground checks. The site exists to close a real gap: most global Islamic apps quote a single figure for “Islamabad” and overlook the one-to-two-minute longitudinal lag and the horizon differences that make Rawalpindi’s sunset its own event. This site focuses on nothing else — only our city’s coordinates (33.5973° N, 73.0479° E).
Our Commitment to Accuracy
The numbers here are not simply pulled from a database and left alone. They are checked, explained, and grounded:
- Scientifically calculated. Sehri is worked out on the 18-degree astronomical twilight angle (University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi method), the standard trusted for Fiqa Hanafi across Pakistan; Iftar is set at Maghrib, the moment of sunset.
- Sect-specific. We respect the theological differences within our community and publish separate schedules for both the Hanafi (Sunni) and Jafria (Shia) schools, with the Jafria Iftar correctly placed 10 to 12 minutes later.
- Locally verified. The team keeps the digital times in step with the central sirens around Markazi Jamia Masjid, the Saddar GPO area, and Committee Chowk, so what you see on screen matches what you hear on the street.
More Than a Clock
Ramadan in Rawalpindi is not only about when a fast starts and stops. It is the pre-dawn rush through Kartarpura, the calm of Taraweeh at Eidgah Sharif, and the shared Dastarkhwans that appear across the mohallas at Iftar. Through our hyper-local guides — where to find Sehri, which mosques hold the larger gatherings, how the city moves through the month — the aim is to be a useful companion from the first sighting of the crescent to the morning of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Why You Can Trust the Times
Transparency is the point. The live countdowns and calendars run on modern web technology, but the underlying rulings stay anchored to the announcements of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee and the review of Mufti Muhammad Zubair and established local Ulema. We reject thin, filler content on principle — every calendar, guide, and answer here is written to be genuinely useful to the people of Rawalpindi, so you can give your attention to worship while the timing is handled for you.