fasting period
Time without eating
A fasting period is a stretch of time during which someone abstains from food, drink, or both.
The term appears in religious contexts—Ramadan is Islam's fasting period, Lent Christianity's—and in health discussions: Intermittent fasting alternates eating windows with fasting periods.
The duration varies from hours to weeks depending on purpose.
- LentChristian fasting season
- Tisha B'AvJewish fast commemorating calamities
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- NavratriNine-night Hindu festival
- religious observancePractice of faith duties
sunrise to sunset · Ramadan · holy month · dawn · Ash Wednesday · emotional resilience · prayer · sunset · water · empty stomach · autophagy · hunger · mindfulness practice · Yom Kippur · dusk · thirst · calendar · liturgy
- sacred timesholy day, feast day, sabbath, Shabbat, Ramadan
- feedingfeeding times, feeding station, scheduled feeding, demand feeding, meal time
fasting periodfeast
Elaborate ceremonial meal
feasting · banquet · gorging · feeding time · mealtime
fasting periodfeast day
Saint's commemorative holiday
festival · Eid al-Fitr · Easter feast · holiday feast · celebration