- Introduction to Fasting
/ Ramadan
- Ramadan:
Overview
- Full details of Fasting from Quran: Chapter 2:183-187
- Ramadan
: Reflections on Fasting
- Religious Duties: A Gift From God: Fasting
(Ramadan)
- Spiritual Benefits of Fasting: Ramadan, A
Gift of Rememberance
- Misunderstandings and
Violations in Ramadan
- The Night of Destiny
- Medical Benefits of Ramadan
- Ramadan
and Thanksgiving
- Blessings
of Ramadan
- Night
of Destiny
- Ramadan:
The Month the Quran was Revealed
- Ramadan:
Fasting to Enrich our souls
- Blessed
is the Month of Ramadan
- Fasting: A Blessing in Disguise
- My First Ramadan: A Submitter's reflections
- Calculator for Fasts begin (dawn) and end (sunset) along with and prayer schedules
- Ramadan: A Month to Reflect
- The Night of Destiny: The Most Illuminating Night
- Other Ramadan Links (including
e-cards)
Ramadan 2010
August 11 – September 8 (most places)
O you who believe, fasting is decreed
for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you
may attain salvation. (2:183)
God willing Ramadan begins on August 11, 2010 and ends on
September 8, 2010 for most places.
To be sure, you may wish to check the new moon timings and
compare them to the sunset times at your location. For example,
if the new moon is before sunset of August 9 at your
location, you would fast on the 10th (as is the case for some
places in the far Western & Northwestern regions of North
America).
Similarly, please check the sunset time at your location
and compare it with the new moon time. For example, the last
day of fasting is, God willing, September 9 for Indonesia,
Australia and New Zealand, etc. as the new moon will likely
be after sunset in these locations.
The Night of Destiny (Night of Power) will be on September
5 2010, God willing (assuming you start fasting on August
11).
If you have any questions for the start and end days of Ramadan,
please refer to September
2009 issue of the Submitters Perspective.
The new moon times to be used for determining the beginning
and ending of Ramadan are given below for UTC (Coordinated
Universal time) – also called GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
3:08 a.m. on August 10, 2010 (UTC/GMT)
10:30 a.m. on September 8, 2010 (UTC/GMT)
The information reported is based on data from the U.S.
Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department.
The actual time for each time zone is relative to UTC.
To calculate the Ramadan start date, compare the time of
the New Moon with the Sunset in your location. If the new
moon is born before sunset, you should fast the next day God
willing. *
Similarly to determine the last day of fasting, compare
the time of the next New Moon with the sunset in your location.
If the new moon is born before sunset, the month of Ramadan
is complete on that day.
More details on Ramadan including information about why the
calculation is done as above (i.e., the beginning of the day
is at sunset) is available in an article
on Ramadan. Other Ramadan articles are linked at the top
of this page.
Phases of the moon data (including the new moon) for the
current year and beyond and up are available at the US
Naval Observatory. All times are in UT. To convert to
your time zone you can use the Time
Zone Converter.
* For your specific location you can visit theUSNO
Sun/Moon daily data page. Calculate the information for
the date you are interested. Compare the time of sunset with
the time for the new moon (in local time).
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