Ramadan
رمضان
Observed byMuslims
TypeReligious
CelebrationsCommunity iftars and Community prayers
Observances
  • sawm (fasting)
  • zakat and sadaqah (alms giving)
  • taraweeh prayer (Sunni Muslims)
  • Commemorating Nights of al-Qadr (Shia and Sunni Muslims)
  • reading the Quran
  • abstaining from all bad deeds and staying humble
BeginsAt the last night of the month of Sha'ban
EndsAt the last night of the month of Ramadan
DateVariable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)
2019 date6 May – 3 June
2020 dateevening of 23 April (22 April for Mali; 24 April for Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Iran, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka) – 23 May (expected)
Frequencyevery year (lunar calendar)
Related toEid al-Fitr, Laylat al-Qadr