Worldwide, Ramadan, a Muslim holy month, has begun. Muslims who observe the fast will refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, a period that will last 12 to 16 hours, depending on where they are located.
Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad received the first verses of the Quran more than 1,400 years ago.
To increase “taqwa,” or consciousness of God, one must refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and engaging in sexual activity during the day.
Why does Ramadan occur on different dates each year?
Each year, Ramadan falls 10 to 12 days earlier. Because the Islamic calendar has 29 or 30 day long months, the lunar Hijri calendar is used as the basis for this.
Ramadan will be observed twice in 2030 because the lunar year is shorter by 11 days than the solar year because it begins on January 5 and ends on December 26.
Around the world, people are fasting.
The world has a variety of daylight hours.
Muslims who live in the world’s southernmost nations, like Chile and New Zealand, will observe a fast lasting 13 hours or more on average during their busiest days, while those who live in the world’s northernmost nations, like Iceland and Greenland, will observe fasts lasting 16 hours or more.
The length of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, will be a little shorter for Muslims in the Northern Hemisphere this year and will continue to decrease until 2031, when Ramadan will cover it. The Northern Hemisphere’s fasting hours will increase after that until the longest day of the year, the summer solstice.
The opposite will occur for Muslims who practice fasting south of the equator.
Around the world, there are fasting periods.
The dates of Ramadan 2025’s first and last days are shown in the following table. To locate your city, use the arrows or search box.
Which cities’ fasting periods are the longest and shortest?
In cities around the world, the average number of fasting hours is shown below. The actual fasting hours and times will vary depending on the day as well as the method used to calculate them:
– Greenland, Nuuk: 16 hours
Icelandic Reykjavik: 16 hours
Helsinki, Finland: 15 hours
Oslo, Norway: 15 hours
– 15 hours in Stockholm, Sweden
– Scotland, Glasgow, 15 hours
Berlin, Germany: 14 hours
– 14 hours in Dublin, Ireland
– 14 hours in Moscow, Russia
– 14 hours in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Poland, Warsaw, 14 hours
Astana, Kazakhstan: 14 hours
Brussels, Belgium: 14 hours
– 14 hours in London, United Kingdom
– Zurich, Switzerland: 14 hours
Romanian city of Bucharest: 14 hours
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 14 hours
Sofia, Bulgaria: 14 hours
– Rome, Italy: 14 hours
– 14 hours in Spanish capital Madrid
– 14 hours in Paris, France
– Turkey, Ankara: 14 hours
– 14 hours in New York, United States
– Ottawa, Canada: 14 hours
– 14 hours in Beijing, China
Greece, Athens, 13 hours
Lisbon, Portugal: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Tokyo, Japan
Washington, DC, US: 13 hours
Los Angeles, United States: 13 hours
Tunis, Tunisia: 13 hours
Algerian city of Algiers: 13 hours
Tehran, Iran: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Kabul, Afghanistan
– 13 hours in New Delhi, India
– Dhaka, Bangladesh: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Rabat, Morocco
– Syria, Damascus: 13 hours
– Islamabad, Pakistan: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Baghdad, Iraq
– 13 hours in Beirut, Lebanon
– Jordan, Amman: 13 hours
– Palestine, Gaza City: 13 hours
Cairo, Egypt: 13 hours
– Doha, Qatar: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
– Sudanese capital Khartoum: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
– 13 hours in Abuja, Nigeria
– Aden, Yemen: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Dakar, Senegal
Ethiopian city of Addis Ababa: 13 hours
Buenos Aires, Argentina: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Colombo, Sri Lanka
– Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur: 13 hours
– Mogadishu, Somalia: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Paraguay at Ciudad del Este
– 13 hours in Nairobi, Kenya
– Zimbabwe, Harare: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Jakarta, Indonesia
Luanda, Angola: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Bangkok, Thailand
– 13 hours in Brasilia, Brazil
– South Africa, Johannesburg: 13 hours
– Uruguay, Montevideo: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Canberra, Australia
– Chile’s Puerto Montt: 13 hours
– 13 hours in Christchurch, New Zealand
Ramadan greetings in various languages
In their native tongues, countries with Muslim-majority countries offer various Ramadan greetings.
The recipient is wishing them a blessed or generous month, respectively, during this time with “Ramadan Mubarak” and “Ramadan Kareem.”
Source: Aljazeera
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