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Ok, so today Fajr was at 4:25AM. I drink water till one minute before and completely stop before it reaches the time (although I will now try to stop a few minutes before).

So today, I'm sipping on water and read something while taking some nasty tasting medicine real quick and while sipping the water which was literally going down my throat at that moment, I noticed it was 4:25AM.

I stop and make niyyah. But while trying to gather information on this subject, I read that, if one unintentionally continues eating/drinking after Fajr time has begun, their fast is invalid, and such you have to do Qadha. I have some questions about how to proceed and some more information.

1. After I had started my fast, the nasty taste of the medicine was still completely there since I didn't fully wash it down, even 2-3 minutes after (takes a while even when it's not Ramadhan), I could taste it and swallowed saliva with the taste (and spit some out too). Does this also invalidate the fast even if the first act of starting my fast right at Fajr possibly didn't?

2. I have read breaking the fast now, if it is really already invalidated does not require Kaffarah, but it is Mukrooh Tahrimi, which I believe is pretty sinful, but not as bad as haram. I read it's Wajib to continue the fast, although fasting is very hard on me mentally. If I have to do Qadha anyway, would it be really bad for me to break it now?

3. Mosques in the 30 mile range are showing times ranging from 4:24AM to 4:26AM, especially the mosque I had been following from my old home town for the past 3 years, which is also 4:26AM. Am I in the clear if other places have it at 4:26AM?

Thanks brothers and sisters. Sorry for the questions. I'm trying to be more consistent with things nowadays and I also suffer from some very severe anxiety.