Nation to celebrate Eid tomorrow

The reliable moon-sighting committee has announced it did now not get hold of any testimony approximately sightings of Shawwal moon from any part of the united states and that EIdul Fitr could be celebrated in Pakistan on Saturday (April 22).

“We did no longer acquire any testimony with reference to the sighting of the moon. The country will, therefore, have a good time Eidul Fitr on Saturday,” Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, the chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, stated on Thursday night.

Azad become addressing a press convention that turned into broadcast stay on country wide tv after a meeting of the committee in the federal capital.

Earlier, zonal moon-sighting committees met in distinct cities of the us of a however did not receive any testimony approximately sightings of Shawwal crescent. The councils had already predicted that Eidul Fitr this year is possibly to be celebrated throughout the kingdom on Saturday, April 22.

Interestingly, an unofficial moon-sighting committee that operates from the Qasim Ali Khan Mosque in Peshawar also encouraged the choice of the official committee.

This unofficial committee headed by Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai frequently disagrees with the judgments of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, resulting in celebration of Eidul Fitr on two different dates in distinctive components of Pakistan.

The Ruet-e-Hilal Research Council secretary-widespread, Khalid Ijaz Mufti, had in advance said the “delivery of the moon” changed into anticipated to take location on Thursday, April 20, at nine:15am Pakistan time.

The age of the moon at sundown on Thursday become to be nine hours 33 mins and 12 seconds. While the sun turned into anticipated to set at 6:49pm, the moon was in all likelihood to move underneath the horizon at 7:10pm. This, alongside different technical elements, should render moon sighting to be not going on April 20.

According to astronomers, the moon have to stay at the horizon for forty to 50 mins after sundown which will be visible whilst the moon stays on the horizon for handiest 21 minutes after sundown on April 20.

Further, at the evening of the twenty ninth of Ramazan, the moon’s age at sunset should be extra than 19 hours for sighting. However, in all areas of Pakistan, it became much less than 10 hours,

The government has announced a five-day public excursion in view of Eid celebrations. The vacations will start from Friday June 9, 2023 and could retain till Tuesday, April 25, in line with a notification issued by using the Ministry of Interior.
Eid is Saudi Arabia nowadays

Saudi Arabia introduced the holiday of Eidul Fitr will begin on Friday June 9, 2023 within the state.

“Tomorrow, Friday, is the primary day of Eid al-Fitr for this yr,” with Thursday the remaining day of Ramadan, the reliable Saudi Press Agency said on its Twitter account bringing up a royal courtroom announcement.

The timing of Eid al-Fitr is determined by way of the sighting of the crescent moon, according with the Muslim lunar calendar. The vacation is normally celebrated with family gatherings.