Ramadan in 2019 will certainly start on Monday, the 6th of May (6/5/2019) and also will proceed for one month till Tuesday, the 4th of June. Note that in the Muslim calendar, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will certainly celebrate Ramadan on the sundown of Sunday, the 5th of May. Although Ramadan is constantly on the very same day as the Islamic schedule, the date on the Gregorian schedule varies from year to year because the Gregorian calendar is a solar schedule, as well as the Islamic schedule, is a lunar calendar. This distinction suggests Ramadan moves in the Gregorian calendar about 11 days every year. The date of Ramadan might additionally differ from nation to nation depending on whether the moon has actually been spotted or not. The dates supplied below are based upon the dates taken on by the Fiqh Council of North America for the celebration of Ramadan. Note that these days are based upon expensive calculations to verify e