Ramadan Start a Public Holiday?

 Ramadan (also known as Ramadhan or Ramzan) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a time when Muslims worldwide focus on prayer, fasting, giving to charity, and religious devotion. The last third of Ramadan is a particularly holy period, as it commemorates when the Koran's (Qu'ran) first verses were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (Mohammad or Muhammed).

Is Ramadan Start a Public Holiday?

Ramadan Start is not a public holiday. Businesses have normal opening hours.

Ramadan begins when the Waxing Crescent Moon can be observed in the evening sky.

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Is Ramadan Start a Public Holiday?

Yes

History

Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed as a guide for humanity with clear proofs of guidance and the standard ˹to distinguish between right and wrong˺. So whoever is present this month, let them fast. But whoever is ill or on a journey, then ˹let them fast˺ an equal number of days ˹after Ramaḍân˺. Allah intends ease for you, not hardship, so that you may complete the prescribed period and proclaim the greatness of Allah for guiding you, and perhaps you will be grateful.

— Surah Al-Baqara 2:185

Muslims hold that all scripture was revealed during Ramadan, the scrolls of Abraham, Torah, Psalms, Gospel, and Quran having been handed down on the first, sixth, twelfth, thirteenth (in some sources, eighteenth)^[41] and twenty-fourth Ramadans,^{[year needed]} respectively.^{[42][self-published source]} Muhammed is said to have received his first Quranic revelation on Laylat al-Qadr, one of five odd-numbered nights that fall during the last ten days of Ramadan.[43]^[43]

Although Muslims were first commanded to fast in the second year of Hijra (624 CE),^[42] they believe that the practice of fasting is not in fact an innovation of [44]^[44] but rather has always been necessary for believers to attain taqwa (the fear of God).^{[45][Quran 2:183]} They point to the fact that the pre-Islamic pagans of Mecca fasted on the tenth day of Muharram to expiate sin and avoid drought.^{[46][self-published source]} Philip Jenkins argues that the observance of Ramadan fasting grew out of "the strict Lenten discipline of the Syrian Churches," a postulation corroborated by other scholars, including theologian Paul-Gordon Chandler,^[47][48] but disputed by some Muslim academics.^[49]

Ramadan Start Observances

Holidays are currently only shown for the years 2023–2025.

Year	Weekday	Date	Name	Holiday Type
2023	Fri	24 Mar	Ramadan Start	Observance
2024	Mon	11 Mar	Ramadan Start (Tentative Date)	Observance
2025	Sat	1 Mar	Ramadan Start (Tentative Date)	Observance