Ramadan
... 6 billion Muslims of the world celebrate their holiest month of Ramadan every year. Ramadan is the 9th month in the lunar year. ... Muslim Fasting is a total abstention from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from dawn to dusk for 29 or 30 days of the month of Ramadan. ... Ramadan is a month of spiritual consciousness and high sense of social responsibility. ... Fasting is one of the 5 pillars of Islam including the Announcement of Faith, Salaat (praying 5 times a day), Zakaat (the right of the poor on the wealth of the financially able), Fasting during the month of Ramadan, and Hajj (once in a life time pilgrimage to Kaaba in Mecca). It is an obligation on every adult and healthy Muslim to fast during the month of Ramadan. The month of Ramadan is also the month in which the Quran was sent down from heaven to the earth, where it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) over a period of 23 years. ... Like all Islamic months, Ramadan, the 9th lunar month, begins after sighting the moon Crescent, and not the birth of the new moon.