Islam · 2032
In 2032, Ramadan starts falls on a Friday.
Ramadan starts 2032 falls on Friday, December 3, 2032. That is a Friday, a regular working weekday in most countries. It is the 338th day of 2032 and sits in ISO week 49. 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.
A Friday date means Ramadan starts runs straight into the weekend, giving a built-in three-day stretch without taking any extra leave.
Compared with 2031, when it fell on December 14, Ramadan starts 2032 moves about 10 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 2032. 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.