The Dhaka Times Desk This year our country has a long period of fasting. But there are cities that fast for much longer than that. 21 and a half hours of fasting in a city!
Arabic months are always lunar, we all know that. Since fasting starts and ends based on sunset and sunrise. In many countries of the world, the time difference between sunset and sunrise is more than 12 hours.
In fact, fasting begins before sunrise and ends with sehri. In countries where the sunrise is earlier and the sunset is later, it takes longer to observe the fast.
Especially in most parts of Europe, there are long hours of sunlight in the summer. That's why during this period fasting has to be done for a long time.
It has been reported that this time Iceland will have to fast for more than 21 hours.
The United Arab Emirates media The Nation online said, this time in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, 21 hours 38 minutes!
Iftar time in those regions:
# In Helsinki, the capital of Finland, the fasting time this year is 20 hours and 18 minutes.
# Fasting time in Oslo, the capital of Switzerland is 20 hours and 14 minutes.
# 20 hours and 46 minutes of fasting in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
Many other countries have to fast from 18 to 20 hours this year. 18 hours and 47 minutes have to be fasted in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. On the other hand, 18 hours 29 minutes in Paris, 18 hours 25 minutes in Vienna.
On the other hand, the shortest time of fasting this year is in Auckland city of New Zealand. The fasting time in this city is only 11 hours and 16 minutes. Only 11 hours and 24 minutes have to be fasted in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
And the fasting time in our capital Dhaka is about 15 hours.
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