The Emirates Astronomical Society said on Friday that Ramadan is set to begin on April 2.
Eid Al Fitr and the first of Shawwal will be on May 2.
Ibrahim Al Jarwan, chairman of the board of directors of the society, said that the holy month is expected to last 30 days, according to state news agency Wam.
Residents of Khorfakkan will be the first to start fasting due to the city's location. Abu Dhabi residents will begin eight minutes later.
At the start of Ramadan, the dawn call to prayer in Khorfakkan will be at 4:48am. In the capital it is 4:56am, and in Sila and Ghuwaifat it is 5:08am.
Mr Al Jarwan said each day will call for around 13 hours and 46 minutes of fasting.
The precise start of Ramadan will be confirmed closer to the time through the moon-sighting committee.
Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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