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Ramadan [a] [note 1] is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting ( sawm ), prayer ( salah ), reflection, and community. [ 5 ] It is also the month in which the Quran is believed to have been revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad .
Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.
9th month of the Islamic calendar 1 Ramadan April 24, 2020 First day of Ramadan Public holiday in Malaysia: 14 Ramadan May 7, 2020 Garangao: 15 Ramadan May 8, 2020 Gargee'an: 17 Ramadan May 10, 2020 Day of Nuzul Al-Quran Public holiday in Malaysia, this date is also celebrated in Indonesia. See also 22 Ramadan for alternative date. 19 Ramadan ...
Public Holidays in India, also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels. Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country.
Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.
The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Sha'ban migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Sha'ban, based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia, are: [10]
The Baháʼí calendar is composed of nineteen months, each with nineteen days. [19] The intercalary days, known as Ayyám-i-Há, occur between the eighteenth and nineteenth months. The names of the months were adopted by the Báb from the Du'ay-i-Sahar, a Ramadan dawn prayer by Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, the fifth Imam of Twelver Shiʻah Islam.