The current days are witnessing a state of anticipation among Muslims around the world for the announcement of the first day of the month of Ramadan. The countdown to the start of the holy month of Ramadan for the year 1445 AH (2024 AD) has begun, amid astronomical predictions that indicate that this year’s month of Ramadan is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 11.
One of the most searched things on the Internet is about the first day of fasting this year. Will the month of fasting begin on Monday, March 11, or Tuesday, March 12?
Amid these confusing questions among the masses of Muslims, the International Astronomy Center and the National Institute for Astronomical Research revealed the details of the date of the first day of Ramadan 1445 AH in the Arab and Islamic countries.
The International Astronomy Center said, in a statement, that the sighting of the crescent of Ramadan this year for the majority of Arab countries and other countries of the world will be on Sunday, March 10, as proven by astronomical studies regarding the occurrence of central conjunction at nine in the morning GMT that day, and the absence of the moon after sunset. The sun is direct in almost all regions of the Islamic world.
Accordingly, it is expected for many Arab countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Qatar, Jordan and Algeria, that the first day of the holy month of Ramadan will be on Monday, March 11, according to the International Astronomy Center.
He added that the date of the first day of the Holy Month may differ in some other Islamic countries around the world, such as Pakistan, Iran and Bangladesh, as these countries are expected to begin the month of Ramadan on Tuesday, March 12.
The International Astronomy Center statement said: “Most Islamic countries began the month of Shaban on Sunday, February 11, 2024 AD, and accordingly, most countries will observe the crescent of Ramadan on Sunday, March 10, and the central conjunction on that day will be at nine o’clock in the morning GMT, and the moon will set after sunset on Almost all regions of the Islamic world, and accordingly, many countries are expected to begin the month of Ramadan on Monday, March 11.”
He added: “As for the possibility of seeing the crescent on Sunday, March 10, and based on all criteria for seeing the crescent published in peer-reviewed scientific research… it is not possible to see the crescent on that day from anywhere in the Arab and Islamic world, whether with the naked eye or using a telescope, while It is possible to see the crescent moon using a telescope from parts of the Americas, especially from the western parts, and accordingly, for countries that require the correct sighting of the crescent from somewhere in the Islamic world, it is expected that these countries will begin the month of Ramadan on Tuesday, March 12.”
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He continued that regarding the position of the crescent on Sunday, March 10 in some Arab and Islamic cities, the surface calculations of the crescent at sunset indicate that in Mecca the moon sets 13 minutes after sunset, and its age is 06 hours and 22 minutes, and its distance from the sun is 3.4 degrees, and in Abu Fawn The moon sets 10 minutes after sunset, and its age is 04 hours and 45 minutes, and its distance from the sun is 3 degrees. In Cairo, the moon sets 14 minutes after sunset, and its age is 07 hours and 2 minutes, and its distance from the sun is 3.7 degrees.
It is noteworthy that most Arab and Islamic countries rely on observing the crescent moon through astronomical observatories.
Astronomical forecasts indicate that the number of days of fasting this year will be 30 days.
As for the last day of the blessed month of Ramadan, astronomical calculations indicate that it will be Tuesday, April 9, corresponding to the 30th of Ramadan, and the beginning of the month of Shawwal and the first day of Eid al-Fitr will be Wednesday, April 10, according to astronomical calculations. However, these dates depend on the sighting of the crescent moon at the beginning of each month. Hijri months.
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