The UAE has just announced the official Eid Al Fitr holiday dates for the private sector in 2025, here's your need-to-know.

Eid-ul-Fitr falls on the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Hijri, or the Islamic lunar calendar.

The Dubai Government Human Resources Department has announced that work will be suspended for public sector workers during ...

also known as the Hijri calendar, which is based on the phases of the moon. Here’s how Ramadan is determined: The Islamic calendar consists of 12 lunar months, with each month lasting between 29 ...

Ramadan begins 10 to 12 days earlier each year. This is because the Islamic calendar is based on the lunar Hijri calendar with months that are 29 or 30 days long. Because the lunar year is shorter ...

UAE residents can look forward to a potential 5-day break for Eid Al Fitr 2025, with astronomical calculations suggesting the ...

Each Hijri month begins with the sighting of the crescent moon, making the Islamic year 10 to 12 days shorter than the solar year. As a result, the months of the Hijri calendar gradually shift ...

Well, the first day of Ramadan which fell on Saturday, March 1, in most of the Islamic world, marked an unlikely coincidence this year: Both the lunar (Hijri) and Gregorian months began on the ...

Dar Al-Ifta, Egypt's official body for issuing religious edicts, announced Friday that Saturday, 1 March, will mark the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Hijri year 1446. Following ...