{"id":91170,"date":"2013-06-11T22:22:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T16:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=91170"},"modified":"2013-06-11T22:22:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T16:52:25","slug":"muslims-ramadan-sunrise-and-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslims-ramadan-sunrise-and-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims, Ramadan, Sunrise And Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Economist explains: \u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\">How do Muslims observe Ramadan in places where the sun does not set?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins at the sighting of the new moon in the ninth month of the lunar calendar. During Ramadan (which starts on July 9th this year) observant\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/21559569\" target=\"_blank\">Muslims around the world<\/a>\u00a0abstain from food and drink\u00a0between sunrise and sunset. Because it follows the lunar calendar,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/16793342\" target=\"_blank\">Ramadan shifts by 11 days a year<\/a>\u00a0in relation to the Gregorian calendar. In some places, like Saudi Arabia, that makes little difference to the number of hours a day Muslims must fast. But what happens in northern countries where there can be up to 24 hours of darkness or light, depending on the time of year? What about in Antarctica, where periods of continuous daylight and continuous darkness last several months? How do Muslims observe Ramadan in places where the sun does not set?<\/p>\n<p>Read more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/economist-explains\/2013\/06\/economist-explains-6?Fsrc=scn\/fb\/wl\/bl\/ee\/ramadan\">in Economist\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslims-ramadan-sunrise-and-sunset\/ramadan\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-91171\" title=\"Ramadan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ramadan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ramadan.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ramadan-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":91171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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