Eid al-Fitr is expected to begin on Sunday March 30 or Monday March 31, marking the start of the month of Shawwal. The ...

The UAE public holiday law was updated at the beginning of 2025 to allow holiday dates tied to the Islamic Hijri calendar to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The end of Ramadan is celebrated as Eid al-Fitr. Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, is observed annually during the ninth month of the Hijri or Islamic lunar calendar. The month begins ...

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.