The highly awaited and anticipated holy month of Ramadan is finally here. Muslims all around the world had been gearing up for this holy month for days and weeks prior to its arrival.
In the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world keep fasts which prohibit them from consuming any food or liquid. The Muslims are also prohibited from indulging in any worldly or sexual desires.
The total time for fasting differs from country to country, region to region. We have provided a list of fasting hours in different countries below.
Algeria – 17 hours and 34 minutes
Argentina (Ochaya) – 11 hours and 46 minutes
Australia – 11 hours 50 and minutes
Bahrain – 15 hours and 44 minutes
Belgium – 18 hours and 31 minutes
Brazil – 13 hours and 9 minutes
Canada – 19 hours and 15 minutes
Chile – 11 hours and 30 minutes
China – 17 hours and 28 minutes
Denmark – 20 hours and 21 minutes
Egypt – 16 hours and 6 minutes
England – 18 hours and 44 minutes
France – 18 hours and 5 minutes
Germany – 20 hours and 11 minutes
Greenland – 20 hours and 08 minutes
Holland – 19 hours and 8 minutes
Iceland (Lapland) – 20 hours and 6 minutes
India – 15 hours and 06 minutes
Iran – 16 hours and 19 minutes
Iraq – 16 hours and 24 minutes
Italy – 16 hours and 07 minutes
Jordan – 17 hours and 31 minutes
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – 16 hours and 13 minutes
Kuwait – 15 hours and 59 minutes
Lebanon – 17 hours and 34 minutes
Mexico – 16 hours and 52 minutes
Morocco – 17 hours and 12 minutes
Norway – 19 hours and 7 minutes
Pakistan – 15 hours and 27 minutes
Palestine – 17 hours and 39 minutes
Papa New Guinea – 13 hours and 10 minutes
Qatar – 15 hours and 37 minutes
Russia – 20 hours and 33 minutes
South Africa – 12 hours and 6 minutes
Spain – 18 hours and 27 minutes
Sudan – 16 hours and 41 minutes
Sweden 20 hours and 3 minutes
Syria – 17 hours and 21 minutes
The Philippines – 14 hours and 20 minutes
Tunisia – 16 hours and 48 minutes
United Arab Emirates – 14 hours and 51 minutes
United States of America – 16 hours and 22 minutes
Yemen – 14 hours and 46 minutes
All Muslims located around the world will find this list helpful as they will know exactly how long they will have to fast during the holy month of Ramadan, according to where they are located on earth.
Do you know that there are many countries where Sun does not set for a period of 6 months? Ever wondered How do Muslims fast in the countries where Sun does not set?
As we can see, Muslims living in some countries have great advantage as the fasting hours in the country are only around 12 to 13 hours; whereas Muslims living in some countries are not so lucky as they will have to fast for periods around 20 hours per day, which will leave them only 4 hours every day. Wherever you may be, all we have to say is, Happy Fasting!
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