The Holy Month is almost upon us, with Ramadan set to begin later this month in the UAE and run through April before Eid Al Fitr festivities begin. So when does it start exactly? We’ve got you covered.
Ramadan is set to begin the evening of Thursday, March 22, 023, with the Holy Month concluding on April 20 or 21st.
This is, of course, subject to the sighting of the moon, so we won’t know for sure until the evening of March 22 and Ramadan is officially announced.
We’re expected to have a four-day weekend set for Eid al Fitr, running from April 20 to April 23, which would cover Thursday to Sunday.
Two Ramadan months in a Year: The Countdown to 2030
As we look forward to the Holy Month’s start this year, we have even more to look forward to in just seven years, when we will have two Ramadans in the same year.
Yep, there will be two in 2030.
There will also be three Eids in 2030–and one of them will fall on Christmas.
This isn’t a new announcement from a government ministry, it’s the one of the natural intricacies that comes with the use of a Lunar calendar in the Muslim faith.
The Holy Month, long prior to the time the time of high-spec telescopes, was observed by sighting the new moon with the naked eye. The lunar calendar and cycles of the moon is what dictates when an event like Ramadan will fall.
A part of the lunar month though is that it moves forwards by 10-11 days each year. What this means is that in 2030, Ramadan will fall both in January and then again in December.
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