The date of Ramadan in 2023..and the dates of the beginning of Ramadan in previous years

Weather of Arabia - the blessed month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, but it does not come at the same time every Gregorian year.

So, when will Ramadan be in the next year 2023?

Fasting for the blessed month of Ramadan this year began on Saturday corresponding to 4-2-2022 in most Arab countries, and on Sunday corresponding to 4-3-2022 in four Arab countries (Jordan, Sultanate of Oman, Morocco, Comoros), and if the date for the beginning of the month is It goes back 11-12 days in the Gregorian calendar, which means that the date of Ramadan for the year 2023 will be around Thursday 23-3-2023.

See also: A countdown of the remaining days for the start of Ramadan 2023

The date of Ramadan in previous years

• Ramadan in 1443/2022: Some countries started fasting on Saturday 4-2-2022, and others on Sunday 4-3-2022
• Ramadan in 1442/2021: some countries started fasting on Monday 4-12-2021, and others on Tuesday 4-13-2021
• Ramadan in 1441/2020: Fasting began in most countries on Friday 4-24-2020
• Ramadan 2019/1440: Fasting began in most countries on Monday 6-5-2019
• Ramadan 2018/1439: Fasting began in most countries on Thursday 17-5-2018
• Ramadan 2017/1438: Fasting began in most countries on Saturday 27-5-2017
• Ramadan 2016/1437: Fasting began in most countries on a special date, which is Monday 6-6-2016
• Ramadan 2015/1436: Fasting began in most countries on Thursday 18-6-2015

Also read: When will Ramadan coincide with the winter season?

Difference between Islamic and Gregorian calendar

• The Islamic (lunar) calendar is based on the cycle of the moon, while the Gregorian (solar) calendar is based on the Earth's cycle in relation to the sun.
• The solar months have 30 or 31 days, with the exception of February, while the lunar months have 29 or 30 days (so Ramadan lasts either 29 or 30 days).
• The beginning and end of the Islamic month depends on a set of physical observations of the moon and astronomical calculations, and this differs from one country to another.
• In the Islamic lunar calendar, which is 11 to 12 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar, it cycles between seasons, while the four seasons are fixed in the Gregorian calendar because it is based on the sun.
• The entire Ramadan cycle takes about 33 years, in this way the length of the day, and therefore the period of fasting, varies from place to place over the years, but we fast on average about 13.5 hours.

You may also be interested in: Why does the date of Ramadan change every year?

Information about the month of Ramadan

• The month of Ramadan comes with either 29 or 30 days, depending on the sighting of the crescent moon.
• The month of Ramadan is the time when Muslims focus on their faith and spend less time on their life concerns, in exchange for more attention on worshiping and getting closer to God Almighty.
• Fasting is an act of worship that enables Muslims to draw closer to God Almighty and strengthen their spiritual health and self-discipline.
• Most mosques try to complete a portion of the Qur'an every day of Ramadan during Tarawih prayers every evening, until they complete 30 portions at the end of the holy month.
• In 2017, a judge in an Arab country banned divorce during Ramadan because “people make hasty decisions when they are hungry.”
• Ramadan is also a time for increasing goodness and giving, because wages double in Ramadan, so many Muslims donate money, while others distribute breakfast meals to the needy, and other ways of giving and giving.
• The last ten days of Ramadan are seen as the most important days because Laylat al-Qadr comes during them, which are the days of liberation from Hellfire. Worship is intense during the last ten days, and some people perform I'tikaf in the mosque.
• The name "Ramadan" is taken from "Al-Ramad", which is the intensity of the heat, as the days of Ramadan coincided with extreme heat among the Arabs, so they called it "Ramadan".
• Eid al-Fitr comes with the end of the month of Ramadan and the beginning of the next lunar month (the month of Shawwal).