Ramadan vs. Sunset — What's the Difference?

Ramadan (Arabic: رَمَضَان‎, romanized: Ramaḍān [ra.ma.dˤaːn]), also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan or Ramathan, is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection and community. A commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, the annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next.Fasting from dawn to sunset is fard (obligatory) for all adult Muslims who are not acutely or chronically ill, travelling, elderly, breastfeeding, diabetic, or menstruating.

Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth (except the North and South poles), the equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the Spring and Autumn equinox.

The ninth month of the year in the Islamic calendar. See Table at calendar.

The event or time of the disappearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it sets below the horizon.

A fast, held from sunrise to sunset, that is carried out during this period.

The sky as the sun sets

The ninth Mohammedan month.

A decline or final phase

The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.

(Law) The automatic expiration of a statutory provision on a previously established date, in the absence of reauthorization

The ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith

(Law) Providing for an automatic expiration.

(Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan

To expire on a previously established date, as a statutory provision.

To provide for the expiration of (a program or agency) by means of a sunset provision.

The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.

(figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.

(attributively) A set termination date.

The region where the sun sets; the west.

To phase out.

The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.

Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.

The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

The daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

Of a declining industry or technology;

Providing for termination;