Muslims stop fasting when they can see the new moon that is the first day of next Islamic calendar month.
Ramadan ends with Bajram. Ramadan is the month of fasting observed by Muslims. Thus, Bajram is the celebration at the end of the fasting and purification.
They know that EID has begun and Ramadan ended when the new crescent moon has been sighted.
If you do then you're not fasting. Fasting in Ramadan means not eating, drinking, or doing anything wrong. Fasting from eating & drinking is from before fajr prayer and after sunset.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the islamic-calendarand the most sacred of the twelve months. This year the Muslim month of fasting, Ramadan, began August 11 and ends September 9. The exact dates depend on one's geographical location. During Ramadan, Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from dusk to dawn as a lesson in patience, humility and spirituality. Ramadan is a time for increased devotion, reading of the qur-an, self-improvement, community involvement, charity and good deeds. Special meals are eaten before and after each day of fasting: suhoorbefore the dawn prayers, and iftar, the evening meal often eaten communally and often including dates.
This is the Eid al-Fitr, the first day of the following month. People are having the sense of festivity after enduring a month of fasting.
This is the Eid al-Fitr, the first day of the following month. People are having the sense of festivity after enduring a month of fasting.
It ends at night. Muslims fast from sun-up to sun-down, braking their fast in the evening.
Muslims in Pakistan generally start keeping fasts after the National Moonsighting Committee sights the moon of Ramadan. Muslims fast from dawn (Fajr prayers) to dusk (Mughrib prayers), during which time they refrain from food and drink, as well as other "sinful" acts, such as lying, backbiting, fighting, etc. Many Muslims also refrain from listening to music during this time. The month of fasting ends with the sighting of the new moon of Shawwal, after which Eid ul Adha is celebrated. Besides the fasting, business goes on in Pakistan as usual. Businesses usually only take a few hours' break at the time of Iftaar (or breaking fast), or may end earlier than usual, so that employees are able to break their fasts in time.
During Ramadan, Muslims break their fast at sunset. The month itself is based on the lunar calendar, so it ends on a different day each year (a lunar year is 11 days shorter than a solar year).
This year, 2008, Ramadan in the Philippines ends on October 1.
Ramadan is a month long. It ends when 30 days have ended.
Actually, Ramadan is not a holiday. It is a holy month for Muslims where they fast from sunrise to sunset to see what it feels like to be poor. Also in ramadan, there is a special prayer at night called Taraweeh. After the month ends, Muslims have a holiday called Eid-ul-Fitr, where u are supposed to have fun, kind of like Christmas. They have another Eid on the tenth day of Hajj, to celebrate that Abraham didn't sacrifice his son.