Ramadan lasts for 29 or 30 days each year. Because Islam uses a lunar calendar, the month of Ramadan comes around 11 days earlier each year, so there is no Western season associated with Ramadan.

The festival begins with the sighting of the crescent moon, this usually appears one night after the new moon. According to ...

During Ramadan, sawm, one of the pillars of Islam, is observed. While Sawm may mean to fast, it can also be interpreted to refrain from dawn to dusk, food, drink, and all forms of "immoral behavior." ...