On this date, we will fast Ramadan twice in the same year

The Islamic world is preparing to receive the blessed month of Ramadan for this year 1446 AH, which will coincide with astronomical accounts on the first of March 2025.

The Islamic world is the crescent of the Holy Month on Friday, February 28, 2025, where the vision of the crescent on that day is expected to be possible from several places in the globe, according to the International Astronomy Center. According to astronomical calculations, most of the countries of the Islamic world are expected to be the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan on Saturday 01 March. In the event that the month of Ramadan begins on that day, there will be a rare paradox, which is that the lunar and birth months begin on the same day, and it is rare due to the difference in the number of days between the lunar and the birth months.

But have you previously asked yourself about the possibility of fasting Ramadan twice in the same year?

Yes, this may happen closer than you think, in a few years, specifically in 2030. This rare event occurs every 33 years.

When will Ramadan come twice in one year?
According to the Gregorian calendar and astronomical calculations, the year 2030 will witness an event that is not repeated, which is the reception of the month of Ramadan twice, as it will come with the beginning of 2030, specifically on January 4, and the Hijri year 1451 corresponds to the month of Ramadan, then the month of Ramadan comes in the same Gregorian year 2030, once A second on December 26, when the Hijri year corresponds to 1452.

Thus, fasting days will exceed the year 2030, when Muslims will fast 36 days in one year.

It is noteworthy that the lunar year is the year that depends on the stages of the moon, and the total of its days consisting of 12 months reaches approximately 354 days, which means that the total number of days of the lunar year is 11 days less than the total of the Gregorian year in the Gregorian calendar in the world and which reach 365 days, therefore, the Islamic lunar calendar moves nearly 11 days every year compared to the global Gregorian calendar.

Because of the difference between the total of the days of the lunar and the birth, the first day of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Hijri calendar, moves about 11 days every year, and this explains the reason that we are fasting in different seasons, we may fast in the winter in one years, and in the summer in Another year.

It is noteworthy that the last time this happened was in the year 1997, and after its occurrence in 2030, it will not happen again until 2063. (Al -Arabiya)