Ramadan 2025, Feb. 20 -- As Muslims await one of the most auspicious times of the year, the first day of Ramadan in 2025 is expected to fall on March 1. The first day of Ramadan 2025 marks a rare alignment between the Hijri or Islamic lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar. Although used with alternative spellings such a Ramzan, Ramzaan or Ramazan, moon sighting determines the date of the celebrated occasion.

Ramadan 2025 is notable as the unusual phenomenon of rare calendar alignment occurs once every 33 years and this unique synchronisation is a testament to the intricate interplay between lunar and solar cycles, according to Eng. Majed Abu Zahra, President of the Jeddah Astronomical Society.

Abu Dhabi's International Astronomical ...