HARI RAYA PUASA
When is Hari Raya Puasa in 2026?
Hari Raya Puasa in 2026 is on the Friday, 20th of Mar (3/20/2026).
Hari Raya Puasa is on the 79st day of 2026. There are 286 days left in the year.
Hari Raya Puasa Facts
- Date: Mar 20, 2026
- National
- Also Called: Hari Raya Aidilfitri
- Celebrations: Visiting relatives house, wearing traditional costumes
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Hari Raya Puasa means "Day of Celebration" is an important religious festival celebrated by the Muslims in Singapore and Malaysia. This festival is marked as the end of Ramadan that is one month of fasting.
On this day the Muslims go for prayers in mosques at early morning and followed by visiting the graves. In evening Muslims recite the takbir in mosques. For Hari Raya Puasa, oil lamps at homes and mosques are lighted from the 20th day of Ramadan and continue lighting bright until the end of the festival.
On Hari Raya Puasa everyone put on new clothes, houses are thoroughly cleaned and decorated, people celebrate the evening with friends and families with delicious food like cakes, sweets, biscuits, ketupat, rending (a meat cuisine) etc.
This festival is greeted with a great joy, symbolizes purification and renewal and signifies a victory of self-restraint.
Hari Raya Puasa Observances
- Thu
- Oct 09, 2008
- Sun
- Sep 20, 2009
- Fri
- Sep 10, 2010
- Tue
- Aug 30, 2011
- Sun
- Aug 19, 2012