The Islamic world is awaiting the entry of the month of fasting, as astronomical calculations indicate that Monday, March 11, 2024 will be the first day of Ramadan 1445. So where will Muslims fast the longest hours? In which countries will the days be short?
First, it must be noted that the number of fasting hours is related to the length of the day, which in turn depends on latitude. The closer the country is to the North Pole, the longer its fasting hours are at this time of the year, and the further south it is from the equator, the shorter the days.
This Ramadan, the city of Puerto Montt in Chile records the shortest day, as Muslims will fast for 12 hours and 44 minutes, while Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, will witness the longest fasting hours at 17 hours and 26 minutes.
At the level of Islamic capitals, Kampala in Uganda records the shortest daylight hours at 13 hours and 17, while the number of fasting hours in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, is 15 hours and 33 minutes.
As for the Arab capitals, Moroni in the Comoros records the shortest fasting hours at 13 hours and 04 minutes, while Rabat in Morocco records the longest day at 14 hours and 23 minutes.
Below are lists of fasting hours in the capitals of Arab and Islamic countries and the most prominent countries in the world.
Fasting hours in the capitals of Arab countries
- Moroni, Comoros – 13:04 hours
- Mogadishu, Somalia – 13:19 hours
- Djibouti, Djibouti – 13:31 hours
- Dakar, Senegal – 13:36 hours
- Sanaa, Yemen – 13:39 hours
- Nouakchott, Mauritania – 13:41 hours
- Khartoum, Sudan – 13:44 hours
- Muscat, Oman – 13:53 hours
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 13:56 hours
- Abu Dhabi, UAE – 13:56 hours
- Doha, Qatar – 13:57 hours
- Manama, Bahrain – 13:59 hours
- Algeria – 14:02 hours
- Kuwait, Kuwait – 14:07 hours
- Amman, Jordan – 14:11 hours
- Cairo, Egypt – 14:14 hours
- Baghdad, Iraq – 14:16 hours
- Tunis, Tunisia – 14:17 hours
- Beirut, Lebanon – 14:17 hours
- Jerusalem, Palestine – 14:17 hours
- Damascus, Syria – 14:18 hours
- Tripoli, Libya – 14:21 hours
- Rabat, Morocco – 14:23 hours
Fasting hours in the most prominent Islamic capitals
- Kampala, Uganda – 13:17 hours
- Jakarta, Indonesia – 13:17 hours
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 13:18 hours
- Male, Maldives – 13:21 hours
- Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – 13:22 hours
- Abuja, Nigeria – 13:27 hours
- N’Djamena, Chad – 13:31 hours
- Bamako, Mali – 13:32 hours
- Dhaka, Bangladesh – 13:51 hours
- Karachi, Pakistan – 13:54 hours
- Kabul, Afghanistan – 14:19 hours
- Tehran, Iran – 14:23 hours
- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – 14:29 hours
- Dushanbe, Tajikistan – 14:31 hours
- Baku, Azerbaijan – 14:39
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan – 14:41 hours
- Tirana, Albania – 14:42 hours
- Ankara, Türkiye – 14:43 hours
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 14:52 hours
- Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan – 15:33 hours
The longest hours of fasting in Ramadan 1445
- Nuuk, Greenland – 17:26 hours
- Reykjavik, Iceland – 17:25 hours
- Helsinki, Finland – 17:09 hours
- Glasgow, Scotland – 16:00 hours
- London, Britain – 15:36 hours
- Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan – 15:33 hours
- Zurich, Switzerland – 15:07 hours
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 14:52 hours
- Ankara, Türkiye – 14:43 hours
- Rome, Italy – 14:42 hours
- Ottawa, Canada – 14:39 hours
- Madrid, Spain – 14:37 hours
- Paris, France – 14:33 hours
The shortest hours of fasting in Ramadan 1445
- Puerto Montt, Chile – 12:44 hours
- Christchurch, New Zealand – 12:46 hours
- Nairobi, Kenya – 13:15 hours
- Jakarta, Indonesia – 13:17 hours
- Kampala, Uganda – 13:17 hours
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 13:18 hours
- Male, Maldives – 13:21 hours
- Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – 13:22 hours
- N’Djamena, Chad – 13:31 hours
- Bamako, Mali – 13:32 hours
It is noteworthy that the day of the first day of Ramadan will record the shortest hours of fasting of the holy month, provided that the day will gradually lengthen so that the last day of Ramadan will be the longest day of the holy month in 1445.
Based on astronomical calculations, the first Wednesday of Shawwal 1445, corresponding to the tenth of next April, will be the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
