About Shawwal
Shawwal (شَوَّال) is the tenth month of the Hijri calendar. Its name means “Raised / lifted.” The tenth month. Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Ramadan fast, falls on 1 Shawwal.
Like every Hijri month it has 29 or 30 days, determined in the Umm al-Qura calendar by the official tables and in the tabular calendar by a fixed arithmetic rule. Because the lunar month depends on the sighting of the new crescent, the exact first day can differ by a day from the calculated date.
Dates in Shawwal
- Eid al-Fitr — 1 Shawwal. The festival marking the end of the Ramadan fast, on 1 Shawwal.