The date of Eid El Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, has already been fixed.
When will Ramadan 2025 end? The month of fasting ends with Eid-el-Fitr, the “Fête de la Rupture”. Eid-el-Fitr is one day synonymous with celebration for Muslims, but during which it is still necessary to “honor its faith” for practitioners, with prayers and one in particular: the “Salat El-Eid”. This prayer which must be done collectively according to Islam, early in the morning, can take place in a mosque, outdoors or in a “musalla”, a place dedicated to prayer.
And the date of this prayer has already been set by the Great Mosque of Paris, which organizes the event in its premises, Sunday, March 30 around 7:30 am. The appointment is even written black on white in the Ramadan 2025 calendar, put online very officially by the Paris Mosque.
According to the agenda of the Great Mosque in Paris, the stages of the end of Ramadan are already clearly fixed:
- On the night of March 26, 2025, the “Night of Destiny” takes place
- Saturday March 29 is organized the night of doubt confirming the date of the end of Ramadan 2025
- On Sunday March 30, 2025, Muslims celebrate Eid El-Fitr. This means that Ramadan ends on Saturday March 29.
The Muslim Theological Council of France (CTMF) also announced that the date of Eid al-Fitr would take place on Sunday March 30, 2025. “The conjunction (new moon) will occur, inchâ Allâh, Saturday March 29, 2025 at 10:58 am GMT (11:58 am Paris) “said this body, which is based on astronomical calculations.” The first day of the month of Chawwâl will be, inchâ Allâh on Sunday March 30, 2025 “, wrote the CTMF in a press release.
The Muslim fasting runs from sunrise to sunset for a whole month, that of Ramadan. Religious bodies are thus modeled on the lunar cycles to determine the start date of the fast and that of Eid El-Fitr, which puts an end to Ramadan. To observe the moon And confirm the transition from one month to another, a “night of doubt” always takes place on the 29ᵉ day of the current month of the month: if a crescent moon (which marks the start of a new cycle) is visible, then the new month begins the day after the observation, otherwise the month extends one more day. In this case, if on the evening of the 29th day of the month of Ramadan, the moon is observed, then Eid-el-Fitr is celebrated the next day, if not the day after.
The observation of the moon, ancestral method of Islam to determine the beginning and end of Ramadan, will have long been, in France, opposed to astronomical calculations, an opposition giving rise to debates between different religious instances and even to confusion on the dates of the month of fasting in the past. But in recent years, a consensus has been formed between the proponents of the scientific method and the organizers of the night of doubt. Thanks to astronomical measures, the end date of Ramadan is generally communicated from the start of the fast month, allowing believers to prepare Eid El-Fitr in advance. The theological commission of the Great Mosque of Paris, which meets during the night of doubt, only officially confirms this date, even mentioning the “scientific data” in its last announcements.
Also named “Eid el-Seghir”, “Petite party” in French, Eid El-Fitr means “Festival of rupture”. Day of forgiveness and peace, it can last up to three days. The tradition wants at this opportunity, the practitioner pays the Zakat (alms intended for the most deprived), which represents the gift of four times the content of two hands together of food. Six days of additional fasting can be traditionally practiced after the “breakdown of rupture” that is Eid el-Fitr: “The six days of Chawwal”, by the name of the month following that of Ramadan in the “Hegian” calendar (name of the Muslim calendar).
But beware, the celebration of Eid El-Fitr is not “fair” a way to mark the end of the fast of the month of Ramadan. It also symbolizes, for Muslim communities around the world, a great moment of sharing, peace and joy. Concretely, the feast of Eid El-Fitr is thus an opportunity, usually, of gatherings at the mosque followed by large meals with family, gifts, visits to relatives …
During the festivities, Muslims also exchange the vow of “Eid Moubarak”, “Happy Aid Day” in French. Finally, Eid El-Fitr is also called “sweet celebration”. It therefore gives pride of place to desserts, once the morning prayer has been completed. Ftour, Zlabia, Gazelle horns or Chebakia, without forgetting the dates filled with almond paste … All these foodstuffs will be tasted for this celebration.
Before Eid prayer, Muslims must have given The Zakât al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan’s alms. This can be affected by food or money for people in need. To validate the efforts made during Ramadan, each believing Muslim must thus pay the needy an alms, in a solidarity brand.
The “Zakat al-Fitr” allows those who are in need to celebrate like any Muslim the festival of Eid, without having to do the Channel that day. Recently, the representative bodies of Muslim worship in France set the amount of this alms to 9 euros per person. The family official must pay him by paying it for each family member for whom he is responsible, children and babies included.