Eid ul Fitr

Eid ul Fitr marks the end of Ramadan. It falls on the first day of Shawwal, and the name means the festival of breaking the fast.

The day opens with a communal prayer. Zakat al-fitr, a charity given before that prayer, is part of the observance, and families share a meal and visit one another.

Shawwal follows the lunar calendar, so the civil date moves each year and can still shift with moon sighting. The tile below shows the next occurrence.

Shawwal is the tenth month of the Hijri calendar. Eid ul Fitr is one of the two Eids, together with Eid ul Adha.