Islam · 2031
In 2031, Ramadan starts falls on a Sunday.
Ramadan starts 2031 falls on Sunday, December 14, 2031. That is a Sunday, which means it lands on a weekend. It is the 348th day of 2031 and sits in ISO week 50. 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.
Falling on a Sunday, Ramadan starts overlaps a normal weekend. Where it is a public holiday, the observed day off is often moved to the following Monday under substitute-day rules.
Compared with 2030, when it fell on January 5, Ramadan starts 2031 moves about 343 days later 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 2031. 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.