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The ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar is Ramadan. Ramadan for the year 2008 will approximately be from Sept 02-Sept 30.
Lunar Year and Solar year
The difference between the lunar and solar year is that the lunar year is thirteen days shorter than the solar year. So the Islamic calendar is not fixed to the Gregorian calender. It means that one cannot say if next year in 2008 Ramadan would fall on the same dates as of 2007 year. The dates change falling thirteen days earlier in each consecutive year. So whatever date Ramadan starts on a given year, it would start 12 to 13 days earlier next year and so on. It means that the holy month can fall in any season during the year. It takes around 35 years for Ramadan to complete a whole cycle through the seasons.
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