Ramadan expected to begin on June 29; Eid al-Fitr likely on July 28
06:28PM Wed 18 Jun, 2014
The start of the Holy month of Ramadan will fall on Sunday, June 29, 2014, the Sharjah Planetarium has confirmed.
Sharjah Planetarium said that the New Moon of Shawwal 1435 AH will be on Sunday, July 27, 2014, at 2:42 (local time) for the UAE. Therefore, Monday, July 28, 2014, will be the start of Eid al-Fitr and the lunar month 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 15 hours and 15 minutes.
Towards the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, daylight hours will be 13 hours and 25 minutes, and the fasting period will be 14 hours and 55 minutes.
The crescent of the month of Ramadan 1435 AH born Friday, June 27th, 2014 at 12 o'clock and 8 minutes (local time) to the UAE and the sun sets on this day at 7 and 12 minutes and Wester Moon before sunset three minutes and at sunset the Age of Moon 7 hours and 4 minutes and its location under the western horizon and therefore impossible degree vision.
Ibrahim Jarwan, a researcher in astronomy and meteorology, general supervisor of the Sharjah Planetarium, said that summer will officially begin on June 21 at 10:51 UTC, with the beginning of the summer solstice is the day length and maximum daylight hours are longer in the northern hemisphere of the earth .
Ramadan Fast: 15 hours in UAE; 20 in Germany
Ramadan is just around three weeks ahead and again it will include the longest and hottest days in the year. If you are bracing for the Holy month, you should know that you are going to refrain from food and drink for as long as 15 hours.
That is the case in many other Arab countries but not in the distant parts of the world. In the southern hemisphere, where winter has started, the fasting day is as short as 10 hours while in the northern hemisphere, it is as long as 20 hours.
A global Ramadan fasting map released by the Abu Dhabi-based International Astronomy Centre showed the average fasting hours during Ramadan, which starts towards the end of June, are as long as 15 hours in the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
In Saudi Arabia and south Yemen, they are around 14 hours while in Iraq, Syria and nearby countries they are between 15.5 and16 hours.
Although they are among the longest fasting hours in history, they remained far below the average fasting hours in the northern hemisphere, according to the report.
It put them at about 17 hours in Turkey, 18 hours in north Italy, 19 hours in central France, and nearly 20 hours in south Germany.
In the opposite part of earth, in Chile, the average fasting hours in Ramadan are as short as 10 hours
Sharjah Police ready Ramadan cannons
In preparation to the Holy month of Ramadan, Sharjah Police have readied 12 Ramadan cannons. They will be operational in various parts of the emirate during the Holy month, said Major-General Hamid Mohammed Hudaidi Commander in Chief of Sharjah Police.
The cannons are fired during Ramadan at sunset to notify that it is time to break the fast.
Maj-Gen Hudaidi said the cannons have been tested to ensure they are working properly and the people assigned to operate them handle them correctly.
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