Astronomical calculations determine the date of Eid al-Fitr 2024 in a number of Islamic countries... Get to know them

2024-03-30 2024-03-30T11:07:57Z

Weather of Arabia - At a time when the majority of Islamic countries are expected to observe the Shawwal crescent to determine the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, on the evening of Monday, April 8th (Ramadan 29th) , the International Astronomical Center, which is based in the Emirates, expresses the latest astronomical updates regarding the possibility of seeing... Al Hilal at that time.

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Based on the crescent sighting: Wednesday, April 10, Happy Eid Al-Fitr

Some countries began the month of Ramadan on Monday, March 11, 2024 AD, and these countries will sight the Eid crescent on Monday, April 08, while other countries began the month of Ramadan on Tuesday, March 12, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, India, and Bangladesh... pic.twitter.com/ tuULaC78oF

- International Astronomy Center (@AstronomyCenter) March 28, 2024

When is Eid al-Fitr 1445/2024?

Answer: According to the center, Eid al-Fitr is expected to fall on Wednesday, April 10, in most countries that rely on crescent sighting.

The center explained through its account on the “X” website that the countries that began the month of Ramadan on Monday, March 11, will sight the crescent on Monday, April 8. However, it is not possible to see the crescent on that day; Because of the moon setting before the sun and the conjunction occurring after sunset, therefore, these countries will continue to fast the month of Ramadan for thirty days , and Wednesday, April 10 , will be Eid al-Fitr in those countries.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Iraq and Syria began Ramadan on Monday . As for the countries that began Ramadan on Tuesday, March 12 , it is expected that they will sight the crescent on Tuesday, April 9 , and it will be possible to see it with the naked eye relatively easily in West Asia, North Africa, most of Europe, and most of the American continents, and it is expected that most of these countries will announce its sighting, to be on Wednesday. April 10 is Eid al-Fitr.

4 countries, namely the Sultanate of Oman, Jordan, Morocco and Libya, have designated Tuesday as the first day of Ramadan. Because she cannot see the crescent moon.

It is not unlikely that both India and Bangladesh will announce that the sighting of the crescent moon was not confirmed on Tuesday, so that Thursday, April 11, will be Eid al-Fitr in them, according to the center.