Zil Hajj moon sighted in Saudi Arabia

Eid to be celebrated on October 4 in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that the Zil Hajj moon has been sighted and Eidul Azha will be celebrated in the kingdom on Saturday, October 4, Alarabiya.net reported.

Saudi authorities announced that the month of Zil Hajj would begin on Thursday. Accordingly the Day of Arafat would fall on October 3.

In Pakistan, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will convene on Thursday, September 25 to sight the crescent for Zil Hajj, 1435 AH.

According to the press release issued on Tuesday, the meeting of central committee will be held at Pakistan Meteorological Department’s Camp Office at Met Complex in Karachi, while the Zonal and District Committees will hold their meeting at their respective places on the same date and time to decide the sighting of crescent of Zil Hajj.