Ramadan

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community. A commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, the... Wikipedia

• Also called:  Albanian: Ramazani, Azerbaijani: Ramazan, Bengali: রমজান, translit. Rômzan / Rômjan, Hindi: रमज़ान, translit. Ramzān, Kurdish: ڕەمەزان ‎, translit. Remezan, Persian: رمضان ‎, translit. Ramazān ‎, Pashto: روژه ‎, Punjabi: رمضان / ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ, translit. Ramzān, Somali: Rabadaan or Rabmadaan, Thai: เราะมะฎอน, translit. Romadon, Turkish: Ramazan, Urdu: رمضان ‎, translit. Ramzān, Zazaki: Remezan
• Observed by:  Muslims
• Type:  Religious
• Celebrations:  Community iftars and Community prayers
• Observances:  Sawm (fasting), Zakat and sadaqah (alms giving), Commemorating Qadr Night, Reading the Quran, Abstaining from all bad deeds and staying humble, Taraweeh prayer (Sunni Muslims)
• 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)
• date:  Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)
• Frequency:  Annual (lunar calendar)
• Related to:  Eid al-Fitr, Qadr Night
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo