10 Muharram Ashura' Shi'a holiday celebrating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Devout Shi'a beat themselves with chains and even barbed wire in memory of the martyrdom. 15 Sha'ban Lailat al Bara'a Ramadan Month of fasting Believers take no food, drink or tobacco from sunrise to sunset, and abstain from sexual relations. In many cities, the start of the fast is marked each day by a drummer who beats the bounds of each district and the end of the fast by the firing of a cannon. Technically, the fast begins each day at dawn, which for Muslims comes nearly two hours before sunrise.
Sunrise marks the end of the first period of prayer.
Dawn is reckoned as the time when the sun's first light is seen on the horizon, or, according to a Hadith, when a white cord may be distinguished from a black cord. Ramadan is not a holiday, but work schedules may be seriously disrupted or altered. It is known as Hari Rayah in Asia. Ramadan Lailat al Qadr Evening of destiny, revelation of the Qur'an. Muslims pray that Allah will grant them a good destiny.