[Trending News] When is Ramadan 2025

[Trending News] When is Ramadan 2025

Sure if you hear about Ramadan you get an idea of ​​what it is. But what you don't know is that Every year it takes place on a different date. This is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, a period of just over four weeks in which Muslim people must follow a series of indications to get closer to Allah. Do you want to know when it will be this year? Keep reading.

Ramadán 2025: Start date

As we have just seen, Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. This is based on the lunar cycle, unlike the Gregorian calendar, which is solar and which is the most used today throughout the world. Therefore, by depending on the moon, the Ramadan dates change every year in our calendar.

That is, our year, based on the rotation of the earth around the sun, it has 365 days, while The Islamic lunar calendar, also known as Hijri, is 354 or 355 days. Although it is also divided in twelve months, in this case each lasts between 29 and 30 days. This little difference is what causes that every year there are about 10 or 11 days apart from our calendar.

Ramadan begins when the growing moon of its ninth month appears in the sky. As collected on the NGOs Islamic Relief Spain website, For this 2025, it should be on March 1 and extend until March 30 or 31. The dates may vary slightly since they depend on the sighting of the moon. The end of the month of Ramadan is indicated by the start of the celebration of the EID al-Fitr, which is expected to be the night of March 30.

What is Ramadan?

Ramadan's time is a sacred moment for Muslim people. The most characteristic for foreign people is The fasting period, from dawn to dusk, for all healthy Muslim adults. That is, during that time, over four weeks they must refrain from eating, drinking, falling into anger or performing immoral acts. The day begins with a meal, Suhur, after which fasting begins at dawn, and that gives way to the morning prayer. The fasting time reaches sunset, when it breaks with another meal known as Ifar.

But this month also represents a special moment at the spiritual level, in which Devotion and reflection must be cultivated especially, as well as the prayer and reading of the Quran, Everything to get closer to Allah. In addition, in Ramadan ties between the family are narrowed, but also among the entire Islamic community, and charity is encouraged towards the people who need it most.

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