Official 1st Day of Ramadan in Different Countries
Tuesday, 9 July 2013:
- Bosnia and Hercegovina (Follow Turkey)
- China (Following MeccaCalendar.org)
- Cosovo (Follow Turkey)
- Croatia (Follow Turkey)
- France (UOIF – Union des Organizations Islamiques de France [Union of the Islamic Organizations of France])
- Luxembourg – European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR)
- Macedonia (Follow Turkey)
- Maldives (30 days completion – Official announcement from Ministry of Islamic Affairs)
- Montenegro (Follow Turkey)
- Russia (Official Announcement – Calculations)
- Serbia (Follow Turkey)
- Slovenia (Follow Turkey)
- Tunisia – Criteria of age, or altitude, or sunset-moonset lag
- Turkey – Altitude > 5°, elongation > 8°
- USA – Fiqh Council of North America/Islamic Society of North America. The criteria are Moon must be born before Sunset in Makkah, and moonset after sunset in Makkah.
Wednesday, 10 July 2013:
- Afghanistan (Follow Saudi)
- Albania (Follow Saudi)
- Algeria (Follow Saudi)
- Armenia (Follow Saudi)
- Austria (Follow Saudi)
- Azerbaijan (Follow Saudi)
- Bahrian (Follow Saudi)
- Bangladesh (Some areas follow Saudi)
- Belgium (Follow Saudi)
- Bolivia (Follow Saudi)
- Bulgaria (Follow Saudi)
- Chechnia (Follow Saudi)
- China (Some groups – 30 days completion)
- Denmark (Follow Saudi)
- Egypt – Moon Born before sunset & moon sets at least 5 minutes after sunset
- Finland (Follow Saudi)
- France (CFCM – Conseil Français du Culte Musulman or French Council of Muslims)
- Georgia (Follow Saudi)
- Hungary (Follow Saudi)
- Iceland (Follow Saudi)
- Indonesia (30 days completion – Official Announcement)
- Iraq (Follow Saudi)
- Ireland (Follow Saudi)
- Italy (Follow Saudi)
- Jordan (Follow Saudi)
- Kazakhstan (Follow Saudi)
- Kuwait (Follow Saudi)
- Kyrgizstan (Follow Saudi)
- Lebanon (Follow Saudi)
- Luxembourg (Follow Saudi)
- Madagascer (Local Sighting)
- Malaysia (30 days completion – Official Announcement)
- Mauritania (Follow Saudi)
- Mauritius (Local Sighting)
- Montenegro (Follow Saudi)
- Morocco (30 days completion)
- Netherlands (Follow Saudi)
- Norway (Follow Saudi)
- Palestine (Follow Saudi)
- Philippines (Follow Saudi)
- Poland (Calculation)
- Qatar (Follow Saudi)
- Romania (Follow Saudi)
- Russia (Follow Saudi)
- Saudi Arabia (30 days completion – Official Announcement)
- South Africa (30 days completion)
- Spain (Follow Saudi)
- Sri Lanka (Local Sighting)
- Sudan (Follow Saudi)
- Sweden (Follow Saudi)
- Switzerland (Follow Saudi)
- Syria (Follow Saudi)
- Taiwan (Follow Saudi)
- Tajikistan (Follow Saudi)
- Tanzania (Local sighting)
- Tatarstan (Follow Saudi)
- Turkmenistan (Follow Saudi)
- U.A.E. (Follow Saudi)
- UK (Follow Saudi) [Coordination Committee of Major Islamic Centres and Mosques of London]
- UK (30 days completion) [Wifaaqul ulama), (Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat], OR (Sighting from countries east of UK)
- Uzbekistan (Follow Saudi)
- Yemen (Follow Saudi)
- Zimbabwe (30 days completion)
Thursday, 11 July 2013:
- Fiji Islands (Local Sighting)
- India (30 days completion)
- New Zealand (30 days completion)
- Pakistan (Local Sighting)
Source: moonsighting.com
this blog’s statement : 32 Malaysia (30 days completion – Official Announcement) has different with Malaysian’s ref. that is only 29 days completion. Why is the different information was occurred here?