timetable for ramadan 2014
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It is difficult to give the exact start date for the Ramadan and define the Timetable for Ramadan 2014. Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar and Islamic calendar follows Lunar Calendar.TRANSCRIPT
It is difficult to give the exact start date for the Ramadan and define the Timetable for Ramadan 2014.
Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar and Islamic calendar follows Lunar Calendar.
Lunar calendar follows sighting of the moon to decide start and end of the month.
The end of the 8th month and the start of Ramadan can only be determined on the sighting of the crescent new moon.
We can find estimated start date using scientific method and get the estimated timetable for Ramadan 2014, the estimated start date for Ramadan during this year is 28th June, 2014 and the estimated and date is 27th July 2014, these dates may vary as per the actual sighting of the crescent moon.
Ramadan overview
Because, Ramadan follows Islamic calendar, the date is not fixed.
Want to know when Ramadan 2014 is in your country? See when Ramadan 2014 is in France.
Also, Ramadan 2014 UK will start from 28th June.
Ramadan month is the month of fasting for all the Muslims.
It is considered as holy month, as Muhammad received revelation from Allah during this month.
During the month of Ramadan, all the adult Muslims are required to fast, only pregnant women’s, breastfeeding women’s, travelers, diabetic person and females in their menses are exempted.
People who are fasting, cannot drink, eat, smoke, enjoy sex or use abusive language during the fasting hrs.
During the month Muslims are required to offer more prayers and read Quran for more times than they do in regular life.
People also do more of charity during the Ramadan month.
Start date for Ramadan month
As the Islamic calendar follows the Lunar calendar, and Lunar calendar is 10/11 days shorter than the Georgian calendar, every year Ramadan month starts 11 days earlier than the previous month.
In this way Ramadan months travels through all the season in a timeframe of almost 35 years.
Though the Start date of the Ramadan month can be determined scientifically and timetable for Ramadan 2014 can be made, most of the Muslims believe that the start of the Ramadan month should be decided on the basis of the crescent New moon.
Thus most of the Muslims start their fasting after the crescent new moon is seen rather than depending on the timetable for Ramadan 2014.
