Ramazan moon sighted in Pakistan marks beginning of the holy month

Ramazan moon sighted in Pakistan marks beginning of the holy month

Pakistan

Ramazan moon sighted in Pakistan marks beginning of the holy month

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Wednesday announced of receiving testimonies from different parts of the country that the moon of Ramazan has been sighted in Pakistan.

Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Syed Abdul Khabir Azad presided over the meeting and announced in a presser that the nation will observe the first fast tomorrow (Thursday).

The meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was held in Peshawar for sighting of the moon of Ramazan. The zonal committees also held meetings at their respective headquarters across the country.

Muslims use a lunar calendar with 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. Ramazan, the ninth month on the Islamic calendar, begins when a crescent moon is sighted.

Lunar calculations and actual observations of a new moon both contribute to the determination of the day on which the dawn-to-dusk fasting month begins. Ramazan is regarded as a month of fasting and devotion and is practised by more than 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide.