EID ANNOUCEMENT

EID AL-FITR 2014 (1435) / SHAWWAL 2014

EID CRESENT SIGHTING UPDATES

26-JULY-2014 AT 11:00 AM - MAKKAH TIME

New moon visibility is not expected today, Saturday, 26th July, 2014 in any part of the world because the new moon will be born too late to be visible today. 

EID ANNOUCEMENT

We are very pleased to announce that North, Central and South America, all of Africa, all of Europe, and almost all of Asia except Japan & North Korea and few countries of Oceania will be able to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr 2014 (1435) on Monday, 28^th July 2014. The other countries in the world, mainly in Oceania, but also Japan and North Korea as well as some parts of Russia & China will be able to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr on Tuesday, 29^th July 2014.

 

It is noticed from the visibility curves of the new moon that, will be born on Saturday, 26^th July 2014 at 22:41 UTC, very late to be observed on the same day. 

On the next day, Sunday, 27^th July 2014, the new moon visibility can be extended to most parts of the world and, hence, Shawwal can start here on Monday, 28^th July 2014.

 In the case of China and Russia, the extension of the zone of visibility on the evening of 27^th July 2014 includes the greatest part of these countries.