year = year + 1900; The basic requirement for starting the new month is royet of hilal that is sighting of moon. var months=new Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated throughout the country on Friday, August 09, 2013. Moon Sighting: Ramazan from Wednesday in Gulf, Moon sighting: Ramazan to begin from Thursday, says Mufti Muneeb, Ramazan shopping: Action against profiteers in Pindi. Although scienctific calculations are usually dismissed as heresy in Islamic Societies. This is exactly what happened at the starting of Ramazan as the moon was not sighted anywhere in Pakistan due to cloudy weather. I am asking this only for my knowledge. The nearest it came to be seen in this part of the world on July 9 was in Sri Lanka. var time=new Date(); It cannot be 28 because moonset time is 18:04 and sunset is 18:34. ET with another grammatical mistake and this time it is a basic English mistake. Muslims have a different criteria altogether. I see this kind of confusion on dates happening every year, in every country including India. So hopefully, All Pakistan is going to celebrate Eid on Friday . We can calculate a nano second movement of moon. Moon was followed in pre-sceintific age to determine time, and stars were followed to determine directions. I would like to post this link so that people can celebrate Eid on Friday with peace of mind. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has said that chances of sighting the moon on Thursday night were extremely high in both Sindh and Balochistan, Express … You seem to be oblivious to the facts that many Muslim organisations in the West and an increasing number in the Eastern hemisphere DO USE scientific calculations and observatories to determine the sighting the birth of the new moon and subsequent crescent. Are we Muslims living in stone age? Wonder why they can't use technology when they use it for all other months except for Ramzan, Muharram and Zil Haj! months[11]="November"; The Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Thursday the chances of sighting the Eid moon on Friday were extremely high, Express News reported. Note: The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Pakistan Strategic Forum. The Prime Minister of Pakistan has been pleased to call for the public donations for PM - CJ Fund for Diamer Basha And Mohmand Dam. The reason why it is a 100% probability of Eid on Friday is because Ramzan started atleast a day late in the beginning, if not two! Pakistan’s Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, the body which announces the sighting of the new moon, is set to meet on May 23 (Saturday) to decide whether Eid will be celebrated on Sunday or Monday. A - Easily visible with the naked eyeB - Visible under perfect conditions with the naked eyeC - May need optical aid to find the New Crescent MoonD -  Will need optical aid to find the New Crescent MoonE - The New Crescent Moon is Not visible with a telescope (Elongation ≤ 7.5 degree)F - No Crescent Moon, below the Danjon limit (Elongation ≤ 7 degree), © 2020 Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan.1-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2 ,Islamabad. // End -->, Chairman, Central Ruet-e-Hilal CommitteeMinistry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan Chief Administrator Auqaf, HyderabadAdministrator Auqaf, Karachi, Processing the lunar data for Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Jiwani and Gwadar, Prediction of visibility of New Moon for various cities of Pakistan, Home Space & Atmospheric Sciences Projects List  New Moon Prediction,