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Crescent Visibility Report for Ramadan 1433

Posted on July 15, 2012 | 1 comment

Crescent Visibility Report for Ramadan 1433 (Thursday 19^th July 2012) Based on settings*

Ramadan 1433 Jul19

* Settings:-

– Moon Times from: 19/07/2012

– OMAN Muscat, Long: 58:35:36.0, Lat: 23:36:48.0, Ele:21.0, Zone:4.00

Timing: (19th/07/2012)	Sun	Moon
Rise	05:29	05:32
Transit	12:11	12:15
Set	18:53	18:56

Age of Moon: Waxing Crescent : ~ 0.38 days old.

Set Time difference : 3 minutes

Based on the astronomical calculations and personal experience , the Crescent (Hilal) will NOT be visible across the country.

Therefore Sha’ban will continue its 30 days

Ramadan will start on 21st July 2012 on Saturday

Actually Ramadan starts after the Sunset on Friday..

(Not to get confused, The Arabic new day always starts after Sunset)

The Sun & Moon Data on Friday 20th will be as the following;

Timing: (20th/07/2012)	Sun	Moon
Rise	05:30	06:28
Transit	12:12	13:04
Set	18:53	19:37

Age of Moon: Waxing Crescent : ~ 1.38 days old.

Set Time difference : 44 minutes

Ramadan 1433 Jul20

Ramadan Mubarak to Everyone in advance.

May Allah Accept our fasting, Prayers and good deeds. Ameen.

Please note that I will post the Crescent Visibility Report for Shawwal 1433 later on during the month of Ramadan. In-Sha-Allah (If God Wills)

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Eid Mubarak

Posted on August 30, 2011 | 2 comments

Today is the last day of Ramadhan the holy month. And after the Sunset Eid starts. People starts celebrating by early tomorrow morning after the Eid Prayer.

Just as festivity becomes the atmosphere when the fast is broken each day at sunset, happiness becomes doublefold when the month of fasting is finally completed and the Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated.

The most elaborate dishes are served at large banquets to which relatives and friends are invited. These colorful celebrations are the climax of the sense of fulfillment characterizing,a month of fasting and hardships, increasing the bonds of connectedness among humankind and between humankind and God.

Yesterday we could not sight the new Moon Crescent because it was impossible. As you see in the picture below, the Sun and Moon almost sets at the same time and the elevation is only 5 degrees.