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The month of Rabi’ul Awwal is one of the special months for muslims all around the world for it is believed that the Prophet Muhammad was born in this month. For this year, the month will likely commence on Sunday, 17 September 2023 CE based on global crescent moon visibility. The map below shows which … Read more
The lunar new year of the Muslim is coming. The islamic new year of 1445 hijri will be marked by the first crescent moon of 1 Muharram 1445 AH that should be visible around the world on the evening of Tuesday, 18 July 2023 (see crescent moon visibility map below!). Therefore, 1 Muharram 1445 AH … Read more
The government of Saudi Arabia has announced that the “moon sighting” for the Hajj month of Dhulhijja 1444 AH will take place on the evening of Sunday, 18 June 2023. That evening corresponds to 29 Dhulqadah 1444 AH according to Ummul Qura calendar. The moon will be 11 hours 27 minutes old in Makkah at … Read more
Alhamdulillah, as Ramadan reaches its end, muslims around the world was eagerly looking up the sky to sight the crescent moon of 1 Shawwal 1444 AH. While many positive reports of moon sighting were received from many muslim countries on the evening of Thursday, photo of the crescent moon of 1 Shawwal 1444 AH was … Read more
Australian Fatwa Council from the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) has just released a statement regarding the date of Eid-ul-Fitr for the islamic calendar 1444 AH. They stated that based on the position of the crescent moon on the evening of 29th of Ramadan this year (20 April 2023), the moon will not be high … Read more
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: Views: … Read more