When is the moon sighting for eid 2017

The biggest Muslim festival, Ramzan is also known as Ramadan in India. It was observed this year on May 28 and is likely to end on June However, astronauts have predicted that the moon for the next lunar calendar will be sighted on June 25 and the festival will be celebrated on June 26, Monday.

South Africa. Sri Lanka. United Kingdom. United States. National Imam Council of Australia declares Eid in their country. The moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia.

Eidul Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow, Sunday 25th June In sha Allah. Ramadan Eid. The National Moon Sighting Committee, Bangladesh is still in a meeting at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation to decide the first day of Eid al Fitr and a formal announcement is expteced any moment. According to local media reports, the National Moon Sighting Committee Bangladesh will sit soon after Maghrib prayers at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation to decide on the matter.

Sunday June 25 corresponding to 29th Ramadan. The first announcement will come from Bangladesh followed by India and Pakistan. Similar appeals have also been issued by the regional moon sighting committees in the three countries in South Asia which host a sizeable population of Muslims. Eid al Fitr in the three countries will be celebrated on Monday June 26, if the new moon of the month of Shawwal is sighted today.

The official announcment by moon sighting committees and religious authorities in the three countries is expected by pm today evening. Bangladesh will take a call first followed by India and Pakistan based on Sun set timing in the respective regions.. The sighting of the crescent will mark the end of the month of Ramadan during which Muslims observed fast. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. As per this tradition, a new month is sighted on 29th of the prevailing month.

If the new moon, Crescent, is sighted, the next day is counted as first day of the next month. Sorry, there was a problem. Eid is not a public holiday in the UK, however it is in many Muslim countries around the world. How is Eid celebrated? During Ramadan Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex between sunrise and sunset, breaking their fast with an Iftar meal after sunset. What is Ramadan? More from News.

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