holy month
Religious observance time
A holy month is a period designated as sacred in a religious tradition, often marked by special observances, fasting, or spiritual devotion.
In Islam, Ramadan is *the* holy month—a time of fasting from dawn to sunset, prayer, and reflection.
Other faiths have similar periods of heightened religious observance, though the phrase most commonly appears in Islamic contexts.
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- dawn to duskFull span of daylight
- prayerAddress to deity
- night prayerDevotion before bed
community prayer · sacred · sacred time · blessed · religious · observance · lunar calendar · pilgrimage · spiritual journey · devotion · mosque · temple · feast · abstinence · spiritual · ritual · dawn · sunset
- RamadanRamadan, iftar, fasting, breaking fast, crescent moon
- Islamic calendarMuharram, Ramadan, lunar year, Hijra, lunar calendar
- monthsJanuary, February, March, April, May