The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) has announced that due to no positive sighting of the crescent moon on Wednesday evening, the first fasting day of 1 Ramadan 1444 AH will be on Friday, 24 March 2023 CE for muslims in New Zealand. Below is a copy of the circulated announcement: Post […]
As the month of Ramadan 1444 AH is nearing, many muslims all over the world go out and scanning the sky to sight the first glimpse of the thin crescent moon that marks the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan. Most will be doing their moon sighting on Wednesday evening, 22 March 2023. Therefore […]
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has announced that the first day of fasting in the blessed month of Ramadan or 1 Ramadan 1444 AH will be Thursday, 23 March 2023. The decision was based on the completion of the previous hijri month of Sha’ban, presumably due to lack of positive hilal sighting report from […]
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has called muslims in the nation to go outside and try to sight the crescent moon of Ramadan on the evening of Tuesday, 21 March 2023. According to the Ummul Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia, Tuesday is the 29th of Sha’ban 1444 AH. Traditionally, the 29th day of the […]
Today, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) has released an announcement regarding the start of fasting month, Ramadan in the year 1444 AH of the islamic calendar. In the circulated flyer, 1 Ramadan 1444 AH is declared to start on Thursday, 23 March 2023 for Australia. AFIC stated the following about the decision: Based on […]
The month of Ramadan 1444 AH this year is marked by conjunction of the moon on Tuesday, 21 March 2023 at 17:23 UT. In the evening of Tuesday, the moon will not be born yet or would have set before the sun sets in most parts of the world. On Wednesday, 22 March 2023, the […]