Ramadan is a beautiful month that brings with it the opportunity to maximize rewards and develop your practice of Islam. To abstain from food, drink and sexual relations trains us to have patience, and through it, we improve our relationship with God. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, which is a lunar calendar based on the cycles of the moon. Observances begin the morning after the crescent moon is visibly sighted, marking the beginning of the new month. Traditionally, people searched for the slight crescent using the naked eye, which has led to the declaration of different starting times for Ramadan, due to weather or geography.