Ramadan Mubarak!

Although most people I know might not understand why, this is my favorite time of year.

Ramadan in a nutshell:

Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Muslims who have reached puberty, are required to fast during this month. The fasting entails abstaining from food, drink and sex between dawn and sunset each day during the month of Ramadan, which lasts 29 or 30 days.

More answers can be found at the Council on Islamic Education's website.

Dawn today is at 5:17^AM and sunset is at 5:15^PM each day getting progressively closer to each other until the end of Ramadan where it will be 5:44^AM dawn and 4:50^PM sunset, on the 24^th or 25^th of November.

And why don't Muslims know exactly when each month is? It is all based on the moon, and actually seeing it.