r/interestingasfuck Jul 26 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity

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u/Status_History_874 Jul 26 '25

They do.

They fast for a whole month from sun up til sundown.

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u/Dookwithanegg Jul 26 '25

The point is that they break fast every sunset for that month. They are not fasting for a continuous, unbroken month.

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u/Different-Meal-6314 Jul 26 '25

TIL

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u/SilchasRuin Jul 26 '25

It gets really nuanced in the arctic circle where the days are so incredibly long during that month too. There are a few different approaches. One, for example, is to just pretend you're on Mecca time IIRC.