If the moon had been sighted, Ramazan would had ended in 28 days, one day short of the minimum cycle. PHOTO: FILE
Supreme Court would now convene for a meeting on Wednesday to sight the moon.
Earlier, the Saudi Supreme Court had urged the public to search for the crescent moon on Tuesday night, which had sparked confusion.
If moon had been sighted on Tuesday, Ramazan would have ended on day 28, one day short of the minimum lunar cycle, which is followed in the Islamic calendar. Lunar months either consists of 29 or 30 days.
The statement by the court earlier in the day implied that there had been an error with the sighting of the Ramazan moon this year and that the month of Ramazan should have started on July 9, instead of July 10.
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@Khuwaja: The guy who runs this website doesnt know what hese talking about. His theory is full of very basic mistakes
salaam..
I don't now what Saudi doing its not rocket science you follow where you live.. for the sighting of the moon you have to be in south America in Argentina at this time and later on this evening south Africa if the you see the moon clearly and mature then the Eid be tomorrow only in country if you see the moon for example (if you see the moon in middle of Africa) then the Eid will follow in middle east but not in Europe, England,and north America, they have to follow the day after.... To see the moon on 28th of Ramadan clearly you have to be in south pole!!!! thanks for looking was-slam..
@Afghanistan: What are you rambling about. We don't follow the Saudi sighting. Learn some basic astronomy before starting to post confusing comments.
@Zarif khan:
There is a difference between moon being born, possiblility of moon being sighted and the actual moon sighting.
Please visit this website for more details: http://moonsighting.com/1434shw.html
The chance of sighting the moon on Tuesday or Wednesday in Pakistan were/are zero. The moon, even though born on Tuesday, cannot be sighted before Thursday in the most of Asia and further eastern countries.
JazakAllah. Was-Salam
why do we have to follow Saudi system. We should sight moon in our own region where we live not a distant planet because weather can be different there
@Afghanistan: Saudis made a mockery of themselves and Islam yesterday, first by attempting to sight moon on the the 29th evening, which has no basis in Sharia. The question of whether they missed one day could have only arisen if there had been a moon incidentally yesterday evening, which was almost impossible, without a formal sitting. I guess they sat by error and when it was pointed out then they came up with the lame explanation that they might have missed one day, which proved otherwise later!
@Afghanistan: i knew it was coming from either you or from our kpk
When will Pakistan apologize for not seeing moon on time each year and if Saudi regret for Wednesday then Pakistan far more deserve to feel sorry for observing Ramadan on Thursday.
Moon sighting is dependent on both time records i-e morning sighting and evening sighting. we must record morning final days timings for moon rising and considering the gap for each day. According to calculation in Pakistan as moon was sighted at Monday morning (4am to 4:45am), hence on Tuesday morning visibility chances were at (4:45am to 5:30am) and this is sun rise timing in most areas of Pakistan. Now hence today (on Wednesday) moon will complete his cycle so it means there are 100% chances of moon sighting at evening after sun set and as per calculations moon will stay for 45 minutes after sun set.
Today if weather is clear then we must search it ...
Now as our days will be 28 including today so we must realize that we made a mistake in Ramadan moon sighting (may be error was coming from Shaban) and we should repeat one day Ramadan after EID.Ul fitr.
We are human being and error we must accept.
Our KPk Ulama and Federal Ulama should think over it.
JazakaALLAH
Wassalam
There will always be a doubt in first sighting of moon even with the best of equipment and calculations. Its not a perfect science due to number of factors in one specific time zone. Its good to see that Saudi Arabia has also accepted its mistake and those who follow Saudi Arabia blindly should be careful in future.