Friday 28 January
The month of fasting begins — from dawn (Fajr) to sunset (Maghrib).
رمضان
Ramadan 2028
The month the Qur’an was first revealed: fasting from dawn to sunset, iftar shared at nightfall, and nights of prayer.
In 2028 it begins on Friday 28 January, in Sunni and Shia practice alike.
Like every day of the Hijri year, it begins at sunset the evening before. Hijri dates are projected, and may move a day once the new moon is sighted.
The date
In each branch
Friday 28 January
The month of fasting begins — from Fajr to Maghrib, which on this branch is reckoned when the eastern redness has passed, not at sunset.
The season
The days around it
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Monday 14 February · Shia
Laylat al-Qadr · 19th
The first of the three Nights of Decree, kept awake in worship. It is also the night Imam Ali was struck in the mosque of Kufa.
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Wednesday 16 February · Shia
Laylat al-Qadr · 21st
The second of the three Nights of Decree, and the night Imam Ali died of his wound.
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Thursday 17 February · Shia
Martyrdom of Imam Ali
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib died on the 21st of Ramadan, struck two nights earlier while at prayer in the mosque of Kufa.
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Friday 18 February · Shia
Laylat al-Qadr · 23rd
The third of the three Nights of Decree, and the one held likeliest to be the night itself.
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Tuesday 22 February · Sunni
Laylat al-Qadr
The Night of Decree, sought in the last ten nights of Ramadan (commonly the 27th), from sunset.
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Saturday 26 February · Sunni and Shia
Eid al-Fitr
The Feast of Breaking the Fast — the first of Shawwal. Fasting is forbidden on this day.
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