Before Eid al-Fitr 2024... Learn about the countries that will fast for 30 days and others for 29 days in Ramadan

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/04/05

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - The Sultanate of Oman, Jordan, Morocco, Libya, Iran, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore announced that Monday, March 11, 2024 , is the completion of the month of Shaban, and therefore Tuesday, March 12 , will be the first day of <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86?page=1">The month of Ramadan</a> , due to the crescent not being sighted. For its part, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Lebanon, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, the Palestinian territories, and the Sunni Endowment in Iraq announced that March 11 will be the first day of Ramadan for the year 2024. As the countdown begins to the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the question of <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%... is Eid al-Fitr 2024 is frequently asked.</a> In this article, learn with us about the countries that will fast for 30 days and the countries that will fast for only 29 days. The date of Eid al-Fitr in each of them, based on astronomical calculations. For more: <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%... Arabia | Find out the date of Eid al-Fitr 2024 astronomically and the date of the official holiday?</a><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Which countries will fast for 30 days in Ramadan 2024?</h2> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2-%D8%A7... International Astronomy Center</a> issued a statement in which it indicated that some countries began the month of Ramadan on Monday , March 11, 2024 AD , and will observe <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D9%81%D9%84... Eid crescent</a> on Monday, April 08, namely the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Syria, Algeria. Lebanon, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, the Palestinian Territories, and the Sunni Endowment in Iraq The center explained that sighting the crescent on Monday , April 8, is impossible in countries that will sight the crescent on that day. Because of the moon setting before the sun and the conjunction occurring after sunset, these countries will therefore complete the month of Ramadan with thirty days , so that Wednesday , April 10, will be the happy Eid al-Fitr in them. <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84%20%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1%202024...%20%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%20%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85%2030%20%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%20%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%89%2029%20%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 503px;" /><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Which countries will fast for 29 days in Ramadan 2024?</h2> As for the Sultanate of Oman, Jordan, Morocco, Libya, Iran, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, which began <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86?page=1">the month of Ramadan</a> on Tuesday, March 12 , and which will sight the crescent on Tuesday, April 9 , corresponding to the twenty-ninth of the month of Ramadan there. Seeing the crescent moon on that day is possible using a telescope from the east of the world and southern Africa, and with difficulty with the naked eye from central Asia and central Africa. As for West Asia, North Africa, most of Europe, and most of the American continents, the crescent can be seen with the naked eye relatively easily. It is expected that these countries will announce the sighting of the crescent on that day, so that Wednesday, April 10, will be <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%... al-Fitr</a> in them as well, but it is not unlikely that India and Bangladesh will announce that the sighting of the crescent was not confirmed on Tuesday, making Thursday, April 11, Eid al-Fitr in them. Read also: <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%... Arabia | Find out the date of Eid al-Fitr 2024 astronomically and the date of the official holiday?</a> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%... Arabia | Ramadan began on Monday and will end on Tuesday.. When will Eid al-Fitr 2024 be?</a> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2-%D8%A7... International Astronomy Center explains the details of the possibility of seeing the Shawwal crescent on Monday and Tuesday, April 8 and 9, 2024</a><hr /> Sources: <a href="https://arabic.cnn.com/middle-east/article/2024/03/29/eid-fitr-2024-coun...

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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