Eid al Fitr 2022 Date (Live Update): Eid al Fitr will be celebrated in Pakistan on Tuesday May 03, 2022, Markazi Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of Pakistan said after its meeting held at its Islamabad headquarters.
India and Bangladesh had already made similar announcement a little while ago.
Afghanistan has already celebrated Eid today i.e. Sunday May 01, 2022. Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations have declared to celebrate Eid al Fitr on Monday May 02, 2022.
09:00 PM (India Standard Time): Ruyate Hilal Committee, Imarat e Sharaiyah Hind New Delhi and National Moon Sighting Committee of Bangladesh have officially confirmed Tuesday May 03, 2022 as the First Day of Eid al Fitr this year.
“Weather in Delhi was cloudy. However, there is no confirmed report of moon sighting from any part of India including Lukcnow, and Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, Kolkata, Ahmedabad Gujarat, Patna Bihar, Mumbai Maharashtra, Bengaluru Karnataka, Hyderabad Telangana and Chennai Tamil Nadu despite clear sky”, Maulana Hamiuddin, Gen Secretary of Ruyate Hilal Committee, Imarat e Sharaiyah Hind New Delhi said in a statement.
“Accordingly, tomorrow Monday May 02 will be 30th Ramadan and Tuesday May 03, 2022 will be first day of Eid in India”, he said.
National Moon Sighting Committee of Bangladesh had made similar announcement a little while ago.
Meanwhile, Markazi Ruyat e Hilal Committee Pakistan is busy in a session at its Islamabad headquarters. The meeting is presided over by Maulana Ab Khabir Azad. Various regional Hilal Committees in Pakistan have submitted their reports saying there is no moon sighting in any part of Pakistan.
08:30 PM (India Standard Time): There is no report of moon sighting so far from any part of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Accordingly, Monday May 02, 2022 will be 30th Ramadan 1443H and Tuesday May 03, 2022 will be the first day of Eid al Fitr in the three countries.
Bangladesh has already declared it officially whereas official announcement by Markazi Ruyate Hilal Committee New Delhi and Pakistan is expected soon.
Various regional Hilal Committees in the two countries have said they have not received any confirmed report of Moon Sighting so far.
The final decision will be taken by Markazi Ruyat e Hilal Committee New Delhi and Islamabad where members are busy in a meeting.
08:00 PM (India Standard Time): There is no report of moon sighting so far from any part of India and Bangladesh. Accordingly, Monday May 02, 2022 will be 30th Ramadan 1443H and Tuesday May 03, 2022 will be the first day of Eid al Fitr in the two countries.
Bangladesh has already declared it officially whereas official announcement by Markazi Ruyate Hilal Committee New Delhi is expected soon. Pakistan too is expected to take a decision soon.
Various Regional Hilal Committees in India have already declared Tuesday May 03, 2022 as the first day of Eid al Fitr.
07:35 PM (India Standard Time): Hilal Committees in India and Markazi Ruyate Hilal Committee in Pakistan are meeting to confirm the reports of Shawwal Moon, if any, at their respective regional and national headquarters.
Sky is clear and so far there is no news of moon sighting from any places of India and Pakistan. An official announcement regarding the Eid al Fitr 2022 is expected any moment.
Bangladesh has already announced Tuesday May 03, 2022 as the first day of Eid al Fitr. On the other hand Afghanistan celebrated Eid today i.e. Sunday May 01, 2022.
07:20 PM (India Standard Time): The new moon of the month of Shawwal is not sighted in Bangladesh Sunday 29th of Ramadan 1443 AH corresponding to May 01, 2022.
Accordingly, Monday May 02, 2022 will be 30th Ramadan and Eid al Fitr will be celebrated on Tuesday May 03, 2022, the National Moon Sighting Committee of Bangladesh said after its meeting held today at Baitul Mukarram office in Dhaka.
The meeting was presided over by State Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan.
Eid 2022 moon announcement by India and Pakistan is likely soon.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan celebrated Eid al Fitr today i.e. Sunday May 01, 2022. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and other Arab States will celebrated the largest festival of Muslims that marks the end of Ramadan on Monday May 02, 2022.
03:30 PM (India Standarad Time): The Moon Sighting and Hilal Committees in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and United Kingdom (UK) will meet today i.e. Sunday May 01, 2022 after Salat al Maghreb to confirm the sighting of the New Moon of the month of Shawwal 1443H.
If the new moon is sighted today then Eid in these countries will be celebrated on Monday May 02, 2022 i.e. along with the Muslims in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and other parts of the world.
If the new moon is not spotted today, tomorrow i.e. Monday May 02, 2022 will be 30th day of Ramadan 1443 AH and Eid al Fitr will be celebrated in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and UK on Tuesday May 03, 2022. This is as per the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).
05:30 AM (Indian Standard Time): The Moon (Hilal) Sighting Committees and religious authorities in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and also in the United Kingdom (UK) have issued appeals to Muslims in the respective countries to sight the crescent, Eid Moon or Eid Chand, Sunday 29th Ramadan 1443 AH corresponding to May 01, 2022.
The Central Moon Sighting Committees, also known as Markazi Ruet-e-Hilal Committees, have also made special arrangements to sight the new moon and decide the first day of Eid al Fitr 2022 in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries, and the United Kingdom (UK).
The moon sighting committees in South Asia and UK will hold special meeting today after Salate Maghreb and analyse, if any, reports of the moon sighting.
Appeals to sight moon have also been issued by Hilal Committees in Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Patna, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Islamabad, Karachi, KP, Lahore, Dhaka, and other cities in the three countries.
Wifaqul Ulema UK has also appealed Muslims in London and other parts of the Kingdom to spot the moon of the month of Shawwal on Sunday.
The official announcement by Religious Affairs Ministry Dhaka and Central Moon Sighting Committee New Delhi and Karachi is expected soon after Salate Maghreb Sunday evening.
A new month in the Islamic Calendar begins with sighting of the crescent – the new moon, on the 29th day of an on-going month. If the moon is sighted on 29th, the new month begins the next day. Otherwise, the next day is counted as the 30th and last day of the on-going month and the next day is the first day of the new month.
This process is followed as per the tradition of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). The beginning and end of the holy month of Ramadan has traditionally been based on “hilal” sightings, which is the traditional method mentioned in the Quran and followed by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Muslims in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, Tunisia, Oman and other GCC nations have confirmed to celebrate Eid al Fitr on Monday May 02, 2022.
Australia, Singapore, Canada and the Fiqh Council of North America have also announced that Muslims in these countries will celebrate Eid al Fitr on Monday May 02, 2022.
New Zealand is a special case as Muslims here started fasting on April 04, 2022 - a day later than Muslims in other parts of the world. Consequently, Sunday is the 28th of Ramadan in New Zealand, and moon sighting here will be on Monday May 02, 2022.
In a rarest of rare case Muslims in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh could celebrate Eid al Fitr with fellow Muslims in the Gulf and other parts of the world if the new moon is sighted today i.e. Sunday May 01, 2022. Normally there is a delay of at least one day between the two regions.
Eid al Fitr marks the end of Ramadan - the month of fasting in which Muslims across the world refrained from eating and drinking during day time.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said Friday that the new moon of Shawwal, 1443 AH, may not be sighted on the evening of May 1.
The New Moon will be born on May 1, a statement from the meteorological department said.
"The new moon of Shawwal, 1443 AH, will be born on the crossing conjunction point at 01:28am PST on 01-05-2022," PMD said.
PMD said climate data also shows that the weather is expected to be fairly cloudy in most parts of the country on Sunday, which would result in low visibility.
Therefore, considering the astronomical parameters, there is no chance of sighting the new moon on the 29th of Ramadan, 1443 AH, the meteorological department said.
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