The Musnad determines the date of entry into the new Hijri year and the date of Ashura

Written By سنان خلف on 2020/08/18

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.

Arab Weather - Professor of Climate, Department of Geography at Qassim University, Dr. Abdullah Al-Misnad, expected that the beginning of the month of Muharram will be the beginning of the new Hijri year, next Thursday.

 

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Al-Musnad explained, through his account on "Twitter", that the date of the conjunction of the sun and the moon will be at dawn on Wednesday 29 Dhu al-Hijjah, at 5:42 am), followed by the birth of the crescent of Muharram for the new Hijri year.

 

 

He added that the moon will set on Wednesday evening after the sun, according to the horizon of Makkah by about 35 minutes, and therefore on Thursday, August 20, it will be the first of the Hijri New Year.

 

Saturday, August 29, the day of Ashura

 

He pointed out that based on the above, the day of Ashura (10 Muharram) will be on Saturday, which corresponds to the 29th of August.

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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