Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting. It lasts either 29 or 30 days based on the sighing of the cresent moon. Muslims have to refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids, smoking and sexual relations; and in some interpretations from swearing. Eid al Fitr marks the End of Ramadan.
- Arabic: رمضان Ramaḍān, IPA: [rɑmɑˈdˤɑːn];
- Persian: Ramazān, Ramezũn;
- Urdu: Ramzān; Turkish: Ramazan)
When is the next Ramadan
- Ramadan 2021 will start on Monday, 12th of April and ended on Wednesday, 12th of May 2021
- Ramadan 2020 began on Thursday, 23rd of April and ended on Saturday, 23rd of May 2020
- Ramadan 2019 ((Hijri 1441) began on Wednesday, the 6th of May 2019 and ended on Tuesday, the 4th of June 2019.
Please note that in the United States, Ramadan starts a day later.
Where does the word Ramadan comes from? It comes from the Arabic root ramida or ar-ramad, which means scorching heat or dryness.
Previous Dates for Ramadan
- Ramadan 2018 ((Hijri 1440) started on Wednesday, the 16th of May 2018 and ended on Thursday, the 14th of June 2018.
- Ramadan 2017 started on Friday, the 26th of May 2017 (Hijri 1439) and ended on Sunday, the 25th of June 2017
- Ramadan 2016 started on Monday, the 6th of June 2016 and ended on Tuesday, the 5th of July 2016, it has a duration of 30 days.
- Ramadan 2015 started on Thursday, the 18th of June 2015 and ended on Friday, the 17th of July 2015, it has a duration of 30 days.
- Ramadan 2014 started on Saturday, the 28th of June 2014 and ended on Sunday, the 27th of July 2014, it has a duration of 30 days.
- Ramadan 2013 started on Tuesday, the 9th of July 2013 and ended on Wednesday, the 7th of August 2013, it had a duration of 30 days.