Islam · 2029
In 2029, Ramadan starts falls on a Monday.
Ramadan starts 2029 falls on Monday, January 15, 2029. That is a Monday, a regular working weekday in most countries. It is the 15th day of 2029 and sits in ISO week 3. If you are planning around it, the day of the week matters as much as the date itself, because it decides whether the observance creates a long weekend, a midweek pause, or a day that has to be moved under local substitute-holiday rules.
Because Ramadan starts lands on a Monday, it naturally extends the preceding weekend into a three-day break for anyone whose Saturday and Sunday are already free.
Compared with 2028, when it fell on January 27, Ramadan starts 2029 moves about 12 days earlier in the Gregorian calendar. This drift is normal for a holiday tied to a lunar or lunisolar calendar rather than a fixed civil date.
How the date moves in the years either side of 2029. Each year links to its own page with a countdown and the full day-of-week detail.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and a sacred period for Muslims worldwide. The month is widely observed through dawn-to-sunset fasting, increased prayer, Qur'an recitation, reflection, and acts of charity. The first day depends on the start of the Hijri month, so the Gregorian date shifts earlier by about eleven days each year. In many places, the start is confirmed by religious authorities after moon-sighting reports, while calendar-based dates are used for planning. This page uses the Ramadan start date already present in timekit's 2026-2035 religious holidays data, computed with the site's Hijri engine. Local observance can vary by one day.
Calendar note: Computed with the local Hijri Umm al-Qura-aligned engine; local crescent sightings may differ.