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19 March 2024

Ramadan likely to begin on June 18; Eid Al Fitr on Friday July 17

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The start of the month of Ramadan for the Hijri year 1436 is likely to fall on Thursday, June 18, 2015, according to astronomical calculations of the Sharjah Planetarium (SP).

Ibrahim Al Jarwan, General-Supervisor at the SP, predicted that Eid Al Fitr would be on Friday, July 17, 2015, (the first of Shawwal).

''The daylight hours at the beginning of the month of Ramadan will be 13 hours and 45 minutes while the fasting period will be as long as 15 hours and 15 minutes," he said.

“Towards the end of Ramadan, daylight hours will be 13 hours and 35 minutes, and the fasting period will be 15 hours and 5 minutes,'' Al Jarwan said.

Al Jarwan said the maximum and minimum temperatures during the months of June and July will range between 41 C in the day and 26 C at night and average humidity will be between 82 and 34 per cent.