Ramadan رمضان
Observed by | Muslims
Type | Religious
Celebrations | Community 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
Begins | At the last night of the month of Sha'ban
Ends | At the last night of the month of Ramadan
Date | Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)
2019 date | 6 May – 3 June
2020 date | evening 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)
Frequency | every year (lunar calendar)
Related to | Eid al-Fitr, Laylat al-Qadr