Ramadan Prone to Start on 19 February, Astronomical Calculations Present

Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta (Home of Fatwa), the nation’s official authority on Islamic authorized rulings, introduced on Friday that it’ll conduct the official sighting of the crescent moon marking the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for the 12 months 1447 within the Islamic calendar at sundown on Tuesday,17 February.

In an announcement revealed on its official Fb web page, Dar al-Ifta mentioned the moon sighting will probably be carried out by way of seven spiritual and scientific committees distributed throughout Egypt’s governorates. The committees embrace specialists from Dar al-Ifta, the Egyptian Survey Authority, and the Nationwide Analysis Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, and can function in accordance with established spiritual pointers and scientific requirements for moon commentary.

Dar al-Ifta added that the outcomes of the sighting will probably be introduced dwell on air, permitting the general public to observe the official declaration in what it described as a non secular ambiance marking the arrival of the holy month. The accompanying program will embrace spiritual and media occasions, in addition to the announcement of the winners of the “State of Recitation” competitors, within the presence of Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Prof. Nazir Mohamed Ayyad, who will ship the official announcement of the moon sighting.

The authority urged the general public to train warning and keep away from counting on info circulated by some web sites and social media platforms that could be inaccurate or deceptive, stressing that Dar al-Ifta is the only real physique legally and religiously approved to find out and announce the start of Ramadan in Egypt.

Individually, the Nationwide Analysis Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics mentioned late Thursday, 5 February, that in response to astronomical calculations, the crescent moon of Ramadan will probably be born instantly after conjunction at 2:02 p.m. Cairo native time on Tuesday, 17 February, which corresponds to the twenty ninth day of Shaaban within the Islamic calendar and the official day designated for moon sighting.

Based mostly on these calculations, the institute concluded that Wednesday, 18 February, will mark the completion of the month of Shaaban, and that the primary day of Ramadan is anticipated to fall on Thursday, 19 February, in response to astronomical estimates.