The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has begun worldwide. For the following 29 or 30 days, Muslims observing the quick will chorus from consuming and ingesting from daybreak to nightfall, a interval lasting from 12 to 16 hours, relying on their location.
Muslims imagine Ramadan is the month when the primary verses of the Quran have been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad greater than 1,400 years in the past.
The quick entails abstinence from consuming, ingesting, smoking and sexual relations throughout daylight to realize better “taqwa”, or consciousness of God.
Why does Ramadan begin on totally different dates yearly?
Ramadan begins 10 to 12 days earlier every year. It is because the Islamic calendar relies on the lunar Hijri calendar with months which are 29 or 30 days lengthy.
As a result of the lunar yr is shorter than the photo voltaic yr by 11 days, Ramadan might be noticed twice within the yr 2030 – first starting on January 5 after which beginning on December 26.
Fasting hours all over the world
The variety of daylight varies the world over.
Muslims dwelling on this planet’s southernmost international locations, akin to Chile or New Zealand, will quick for about 13 hours whereas these dwelling within the northernmost international locations, akin to Iceland or Greenland, may have fasts lasting 16 hours or extra on their longest days.
For Muslims dwelling within the Northern Hemisphere, the variety of fasting hours might be a bit shorter this yr and can proceed to lower till 2031, which is the yr Ramadan will embody the winter solstice, the shortest day of the yr. After that, fasting hours will enhance within the Northern Hemisphere till its summer season solstice, the longest day of the yr.
For fasting Muslims dwelling south of the equator, the alternative will occur.
Fasting instances all over the world
The desk under exhibits the suhoor and iftar instances on the primary and final days of Ramadan 2025. Use the arrows or search field to search out your metropolis.
Which cities have the longest and shortest fasting hours?
Under are the common variety of fasting hours in cities all over the world. Precise fasting hours and instances will differ by day in addition to calculation strategies:
– Nuuk, Greenland: 16 hours
– Reykjavik, Iceland: 16 hours
– Helsinki, Finland: 15 hours
– Oslo, Norway: 15 hours
– Stockholm, Sweden: 15 hours
– Glasgow, Scotland: 15 hours
– Berlin, Germany: 14 hours
– Dublin, Eire: 14 hours
– Moscow, Russia: 14 hours
– Amsterdam, Netherlands: 14 hours
– Warsaw, Poland: 14 hours
– Astana, Kazakhstan: 14 hours
– Brussels, Belgium: 14 hours
– London, United Kingdom: 14 hours
– Zurich, Switzerland: 14 hours
– Bucharest, Romania: 14 hours
– Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 14 hours
– Sofia, Bulgaria: 14 hours
– Rome, Italy: 14 hours
– Madrid, Spain: 14 hours
– Paris, France: 14 hours
– Ankara, Turkey: 14 hours
– New York, United States: 14 hours
– Ottawa, Canada: 14 hours
– Beijing, China: 14 hours
– Athens, Greece: 13 hours
– Lisbon, Portugal: 13 hours
– Tokyo, Japan: 13 hours
– Washington, DC, US: 13 hours
– Los Angeles, US: 13 hours
– Tunis, Tunisia: 13 hours
– Algiers, Algeria: 13 hours
– Tehran, Iran: 13 hours
– Kabul, Afghanistan: 13 hours
– New Delhi, India: 13 hours
– Dhaka, Bangladesh: 13 hours
– Rabat, Morocco: 13 hours
– Damascus, Syria: 13 hours
– Islamabad, Pakistan: 13 hours
– Baghdad, Iraq: 13 hours
– Beirut, Lebanon: 13 hours
– Amman, Jordan: 13 hours
– Gaza Metropolis, Palestine: 13 hours
– Cairo, Egypt: 13 hours
– Doha, Qatar: 13 hours
– Dubai, United Arab Emirates: 13 hours
– Khartoum, Sudan: 13 hours
– Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 13 hours
– Abuja, Nigeria: 13 hours
– Aden, Yemen: 13 hours
– Dakar, Senegal: 13 hours
– Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 13 hours
– Buenos Aires, Argentina: 13 hours
– Colombo, Sri Lanka: 13 hours
– Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 13 hours
– Mogadishu, Somalia: 13 hours
– Ciudad del Este, Paraguay: 13 hours
– Nairobi, Kenya: 13 hours
– Harare, Zimbabwe: 13 hours
– Jakarta, Indonesia: 13 hours
– Luanda, Angola: 13 hours
– Bangkok, Thailand: 13 hours
– Brasilia, Brazil: 13 hours
– Johannesburg, South Africa: 13 hours
– Montevideo, Uruguay: 13 hours
– Canberra, Australia: 13 hours
– Puerto Montt, Chile: 13 hours
– Christchurch, New Zealand: 13 hours
Ramadan greetings in numerous languages
Muslim-majority nations have numerous greetings of their native languages for Ramadan.
“Ramadan Mubarak” and “Ramadan Kareem” are the commonest greetings exchanged on this interval, wishing the recipient a blessed or beneficiant month, respectively.
