Date	Time	Event
Sat. 7/2	All day	Nisfu Sha'ban
	All day	Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
Sun. 7/3	All day	Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
Fri. 7/8	All day	First quarter
Sat. 7/9	All day	Nunavut Day Nanuvat only
Fri. 7/15	All day	Full moon
Tue. 7/19	All day	Tzom Tammuz
Sat. 7/23	All day	Last quarter
Sat. 7/30	All day	New moon
Mon. 8/1	All day	Ramadan The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries.
	All day	Rosh Chodesh Av
Sat. 8/6	All day	First quarter
	All day	Shabbat Hazon
Tue. 8/9	All day	Tish'a B'Av
Sat. 8/13	All day	Full moon
	All day	Shabbat Nachamu
Sun. 8/21	All day	Last quarter
Sat. 8/27	All day	Laitaltul-Qadr (Laylat Al-Qadr) Laylat Al-Qadr ("the night of power.") falls on one of the last ten days of Ramadan on an odd numbered day (such as the twenty-third, twenty-fifth or twenty-seventh), In the Qur'an this night is said to be equal to one thousand months and on this night the prayers of the sincere Muslim are certain to be answered.
Mon. 8/29	All day	New moon
Tue. 8/30	All day	Eidul-Fitr (Eid al-Fitr) Just as festivity becomes the atmosphere when the fast is broken each day at sunset, happiness becomes doublefold when the month of fasting is finally completed and the Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated. The most elaborate dishes are served at large banquets to which relatives and friends are invited. These colorful celebrations are the climax of the sense of fullfiliment characterizing,a month of fasting and hardships, increasing the bonds of connectedness among humankind and between humankind and God.

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