Fasting hours vary from country to country, according to geographical location.
This religious Eid is the only day in the month of Shawwal during which Muslims are not permitted to fast.
First Day of Ramadan Observances Showing: Note: Regional customs or Moon sightings may cause a variation of the date for Islamic holidays, which begin at sundown the day before the date specified for the holiday.
During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
See a full calendar of daily times for prayer, sunset, sunrise as well as Imsak, which marks the start of the daily fast during Ramadan, at the Al Adhan Service website.
Most Islamic scholars hold that fasting is not required for those who are ill.
On the last day of Ramadan, it ends with the sighting of the moon.
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