March 5, 2026, 6:50 a.m. ET
- Daylight saving time in the U.S. will prolong the every day fasting interval for Muslims observing Ramadan in Ohio.
- Fasting hours will enhance from roughly 12 hours to almost 13 hours for some Muslims after clocks spring ahead.
- Ramadan’s timing shifts yearly as a result of lunar-based Islamic calendar, inflicting it to cycle by means of all seasons each 33 years.
- This is the final time Ramadan will overlap with daylight saving time until the 12 months 2057.
Muslims worldwide have reached the midway level of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Right now, Ohio Muslims are fasting for roughly 12 hours throughout the day, and with daylight saving time approaching, the fasting hours will change.
How lengthy will Muslims quick after daylight saving time? How many instances has Ramadan coincided with daylight saving? Here’s what to know.
Fasting hours will change when clocks spring ahead
Each day of Ramadan 2026, fasting hours start a couple of minutes earlier and finish a couple of minutes later for worshippers north of the equator. With daylight saving time starting in just a few days in Ohio and the United States, Ramadan fasting hours will shift in the center of the holy month.
On Feb. 18, the primary full day of Ramadan, fasting hours for Muslims in the Columbus space started round 6:06 a.m. and ended at 6:12 p.m., in line with Islamic Finder.
With daylight saving time beginning on March 8, fasting will final virtually 13 hours. Fajr, the morning prayer, will occur at 6:42 a.m. Maghrib, the night prayer when the quick ends, will happen at 7:31 p.m., in line with an Islamic Finder chart.
By the top of Ramadan, Fajr will happen at 6:24 a.m. and Maghrib at 7:43 p.m., properly over 13 hours of fasting for Muslims in the United States.
How typically does Ramadan coincide with daylight saving time?
Ramadan strikes as much as be earlier in the 12 months by about 10-12 days every year as a result of the Islamic calendar relies on the lunar cycle, which is roughly 11 days shorter than the photo voltaic 12 months. The lunar calendar helps decide the start and finish of Ramadan, because the holy month’s begin and finish are based mostly on sightings of the crescent moon.
Aside from Ramadan 2026, the final two Ramadans additionally coincided with daylight saving time. Ramadan 2024 began on the identical day as daylight saving time 2024.
It takes about 33 years for Ramadan to maneuver by means of all the seasons. This is the final Ramadan to overlap with daylight saving time until Ramadan 2057.
Ramadan fasting hours are completely different all around the world
According to Al Jazeera, fasting hours for taking part Muslims can range from 11.5 to fifteen.5 hours relying on the place they dwell. Daylight hours are shorter in sure areas whereas others are longer.
Spring sunlight hours lengthen in the Northern Hemisphere, that means fasting hours enhance every day after the start of daylight saving time earlier than the spring equinox. Muslims in some areas may expertise practically 16 hours of fasting throughout daylight earlier than Ramadan ends, whereas others may have 12 hours or much less of fasting by the top of the holy month.
This 12 months, Muslims in Ohio will start fasting for Ramadan as much as 12 hours every day. After daylight saving time, the fasting hours will ultimately enhance to 13 hours. Some fasting Muslims could should readjust their Ramadan schedules as hours change, since fasting hours start on the break of daybreak and finish at sundown.
