HYDERABAD: Ramzan 2020 will be hot and homely with the summer heat likely to touch 42 degrees and fasting duration lasting over 14 hours in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh amidst advisory to Muslims to stay home and not visit mosques because of coronavirus pandemic.
Ramzan will begin on April 25 subject to the sighting of the crescent and will continue till May 24. This is the second time Ramzan is falling in the summer month of May in the last 33 years. The Islamic calendar is purely lunar with no intercalation (or adjustment with the solar calendar every third year) and thus, it takes a 33-year lunar cycle for Muslim festivals to match with the months of solar calendar.
Muslims this Ramzan will have to endure long fasting hours amidst intense heat.
The meteorological data shows that the shortest fast duration Ramzan 2020 will be on April 25 with 14 hours and 11 minutes. Fasting will begin at 4.29 am (Sahar) and end at 6.40 pm (Iftar). The longest fast will fall on May 23 lasting up to 14 hours and 38 minutes with Sahar at 4.12 am and Iftar at 6.50 pm.
This year, Ramzan fasting duration will be about two hours more than the average length of the day – 12 hours and 13 minutes. Luckily, this time, Rohini Karthi, the hottest fortnight of the year in these parts, begins on May 25, a day after the Id-ul-Fitr, which marks end of Ramzan.
According to weather data obtained from AccuWeather, the maximum temperature this May is likely to touch 42 degree Celsius with temperatures for most part of the day hovering between 37 degrees and 42 degrees. This time, the temperature at 6 am, a couple of hours before the fasting begins, will be 32 degrees. Even at 3 am, the average temperature will be 31 degrees. This is the time when Muslims wake up for the Sahar.
The average temperature during May at 12 noon will be 40 degrees. At the time of breaking of fast (Iftar), the average temperature at 6 pm will be 39 degrees. Adding to the summer heat will be a clear and sunny sky with only one per cent possibility of rain and 4-7% of cloudy weather.
With the temperature likely to zoom past 40 degrees during Ramzan, the Word Heath Organisation has recommended that those who fast should drink lots of water during Sahar and Iftar to keep the body hydrated.
Ramzan will begin on April 25 subject to the sighting of the crescent and will continue till May 24. This is the second time Ramzan is falling in the summer month of May in the last 33 years. The Islamic calendar is purely lunar with no intercalation (or adjustment with the solar calendar every third year) and thus, it takes a 33-year lunar cycle for Muslim festivals to match with the months of solar calendar.
Muslims this Ramzan will have to endure long fasting hours amidst intense heat.
The meteorological data shows that the shortest fast duration Ramzan 2020 will be on April 25 with 14 hours and 11 minutes. Fasting will begin at 4.29 am (Sahar) and end at 6.40 pm (Iftar). The longest fast will fall on May 23 lasting up to 14 hours and 38 minutes with Sahar at 4.12 am and Iftar at 6.50 pm.
This year, Ramzan fasting duration will be about two hours more than the average length of the day – 12 hours and 13 minutes. Luckily, this time, Rohini Karthi, the hottest fortnight of the year in these parts, begins on May 25, a day after the Id-ul-Fitr, which marks end of Ramzan.
According to weather data obtained from AccuWeather, the maximum temperature this May is likely to touch 42 degree Celsius with temperatures for most part of the day hovering between 37 degrees and 42 degrees. This time, the temperature at 6 am, a couple of hours before the fasting begins, will be 32 degrees. Even at 3 am, the average temperature will be 31 degrees. This is the time when Muslims wake up for the Sahar.
The average temperature during May at 12 noon will be 40 degrees. At the time of breaking of fast (Iftar), the average temperature at 6 pm will be 39 degrees. Adding to the summer heat will be a clear and sunny sky with only one per cent possibility of rain and 4-7% of cloudy weather.
With the temperature likely to zoom past 40 degrees during Ramzan, the Word Heath Organisation has recommended that those who fast should drink lots of water during Sahar and Iftar to keep the body hydrated.
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