It will start either on Friday or Saturday.
By sunset today, if it is not announced that tomorrow is Ramadan, then it will surely be on Saturday.
"Mubarak" means holy as a noun. As an adjective, it means greetings.
"Kareem" means kind and noble.
As for the use of both, it goes like this:
We say "Ramadan Mubarak" to greet each other with the arrival of the holy month.
We say "Ramadan Kareem" to someone or to a guest when we meet them and cannot offer a meal or a drink because we are fasting. It is a symbol of offering hospitality, but yet practically unable to do it out of respect for Ramadan.
It will start either on Friday or Saturday.
By sunset today, if it is not announced that tomorrow is Ramadan, then it will surely be on Saturday.
"Mubarak" means holy as a noun. As an adjective, it means greetings.
"Kareem" means kind and noble.
As for the use of both, it goes like this:
We say "Ramadan Mubarak" to greet each other with the arrival of the holy month.
We say "Ramadan Kareem" to someone or to a guest when we meet them and cannot offer a meal or a drink because we are fasting. It is a symbol of offering hospitality, but yet practically unable to do it out of respect for Ramadan.