Ramadan In UAE 2023: Work Timings, Eid Public Holidays, Iftar Timings
According to local media reports, Ramadan starts on March 23 this year, and the first day of Eid-al-Fitr and Shawwal will most likely fall on Friday, April 21.
UAE Ramadan 2023: Scheduled Working Hours
According to the UAE Labor Law, “private sector employees must work 8 hours per day or 48 hours per week. Working hours are reduced by two hours during the holy month of Ramadan.”
Except for certain categories of employees provided for in the “Labor Law Enforcement Regulations”, time taken to travel from the employee’s place of residence to the place of work is not considered working time.
During Ramadan, those fasting were required to keep up to 14 hours a day. Daily fasting time increases by minutes.
Iftar Timings In UAE 2023
Date | timings |
|---|---|
March 23 | 06:31 PM (GMT+04) |
March 24 | 06:32 PM (GMT+04) |
march 25 | 06:32 PM (GMT+04) |
march 26 | 06:33 PM (GMT+04) |
march 27 | 06:33 PM (GMT+04) |
march 28 | 06:33 PM (GMT+04) |
march 29 | 06:34 PM (GMT+04) |
march 30 | 06:34 PM (GMT+04) |
march 31 | 06:35 PM (GMT+04) |
april 01 | 06:35 PM (GMT+04) |
april 02 | 06:36 PM (GMT+04) |
april 03 | 06:36 PM (GMT+04) |
april 04 | 06:37 PM (GMT+04) |
april05 | 06:37 PM (GMT+04) |
april 06 | 06:37 PM (GMT+04) |
april 07 | 06:38 PM (GMT+04) |
april 08 | 06:38 PM (GMT+04) |
april 09 | 06:39 PM (GMT+04) |
april 10 | 06:39 PM (GMT+04) |
april 11 | 06:40 PM (GMT+04) |
april 12 | 06:40 PM (GMT+04) |
april 13 | 06:41 PM (GMT+04) |
april 14 | 06:41 PM (GMT+04) |
april 15 | 06:41 PM (GMT+04) |
april 16 | 06:42 PM (GMT+04) |
april 17 | 06:42 PM (GMT+04) |
april 18 | 06:43 PM (GMT+04) |
april 19 | 06:43 PM (GMT+04) |
april 20 | 06:44 PM (GMT+04) |
april 21 | 06:44 PM (GMT+04) |
FAQ About Ramadan Working Hours UAE
During Ramadan Working hours are normally reduced by two hours without pay cut in UAE
According to the UAE Labor Law, “private sector employees must work 8 hours per day or 48 hours per week.
Ramadan 2023 starts on the evening of Wednesday, March 22nd lasting 30 days and ending at sundown on Thursday, April 20.
There are two major eids in the Islamic calendar per year – Eid al-Fitr earlier in the year and Eid al-Adha later.