Muslims world wide will observe Ramadan and quick from dawn until sunset for a month.
The primary day of fasting for the holy month of Ramadan is more likely to be Saturday, April 2.
To determine the start of Ramadan, which is decided by the sighting of the brand new moon, Saudi Arabia and different Muslim-majority nations depend on the testimonies of moon sighters.
This yr will see the return of pilgrims in full numbers for the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina after two years of COVID-19 restrictions, as Saudi Arabia lifted most restrictions simply forward of Ramadan.
Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are all anticipated to observe Saudi Arabia’s sighting of the brand new moon.
Different nations have impartial sightings, however Indonesia, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria are additionally more likely to start fasting beginning Saturday, whereas nations additional east and west will start because the moon is sighted.
When can we see the brand new moon?
In response to Crescent Moon Watch, a moon tracker run by the UK’s Nautical Almanac Workplace, Ramadan’s new moon will arrive on April 1 at 06:24 GMT. On that day, the moon could be seen in components of North, Central, and South America. On April 2, the moon will likely be simply seen in most components of the world.
The precise visibility of the crescent will rely on elements akin to atmospheric situations, cloudiness and the gap between the solar and the moon on the horizon.
The moon phases of Ramadan
Lunar months final between 29 and 30 days, relying on the sighting of the brand new moon on the twenty ninth night time of every month. If the brand new moon is just not seen, the month lasts 30 days.
Why is Ramadan holy?
Muslims consider that Ramadan is the month by which the primary verses of the Quran have been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad greater than 1,400 years in the past.
All through the month, observing Muslims quick from simply earlier than the dawn, or Fajr, prayer to the sundown prayer, Maghrib.
The quick entails abstinence from consuming, consuming, smoking, and sexual relations to realize higher “taqwa”, or consciousness of God.
Fasting is likely one of the 5 pillars of Islam, together with the Muslim declaration of religion, each day prayers, charity, and performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca if bodily and financially succesful.
In lots of Muslim-majority nations, working hours are decreased, and lots of eating places are closed throughout fasting hours.
Languages from numerous Muslim majority nations have a personalised greeting of their native languages. “Ramadan Mubarak” and “Ramadan Kareem” are frequent greetings exchanged on this interval, wishing the recipient a blessed and beneficiant month respectively.
Final yr, fasting internationally ranged from 10 to twenty hours a day.
On the finish of Ramadan, Muslims have fun Eid al-Fitr. In Arabic, it means “pageant of breaking the quick”.
Relying on the brand new moon sighting, Eid al-Fitr this yr is more likely to fall on Could 2.
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