Ramadan
The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries.
Mon. 10/10
All day
Columbus Day
All day
First quarter
All day
Thanksgiving Day
Mon. 10/17
All day
Full moon
All day
lunar eclipse
(partial)
Sun. 10/23
All day
Daylight Saving Time Ends
All day
Creation
Tue. 10/25
All day
Last quarter
Sun. 10/30
All day
Daylight Saving Time Ends
All day
British Summer Time Ends
All day
Laitaltul-Qadr
(Laylat Al-Qadr)
Laylat Al-Qadr ("the night of power.") falls on one of the last ten days of Ramadan on an odd numbered day (such as the twenty-third, twenty-fifth or twenty-seventh), In the Qur'an this night is said to be equal to one thousand months and on this night the prayers of the sincere Muslim are certain to be answered.