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| Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 08:55 pm First day of Dhul Hijja 1426 AH Member of Hilal committee at ISGR did not see the moon on Saturday Decemer 31, 2005 Magrib (sunset) time in Richmond area. Moon was sighted on Sunday evening. Accordingly Dhul Hijja starts from Monday January 2, 2006 and Eid-ul-Adha from Wednesday January 11, 2006. Official Statement from Saudi Arabia Please visit us again for updates. Eid in Richmond Sunday January 1, 2006 Saudi Arabia Kuwait Bahrian UAE Qatar Jordan Egypt Oman Germany Monday January 2, 2006 Morocco South Africa USA
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| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 09:41 pm First day of Thul Qaadah 1426 AH in some countries According to Moonsighting "Crescent Moon was sighted on Friday, Dec 2 from Oman, and Cape Town (South Africa). It was also seen in Virginia, S. Carolina, Arizona, Texas, and California, USA..." therefore Thul Qaadah in North America started from Saturday December 3, 2005. Friday December 2,2005 Nigeria Saturday December 3,2005 Australia Indonesia Saudi Arabia UAE Kuwait Jordan Algeria Morocco South Africa UK USA
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| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 09:37 pm Zul Hijja 1426 AH New moon = Friday December 30, 2005 10:12 PM EST Next day Saturday December 31, 2005 Sunset = 5:01 PM EST Moonset = 5:33 PM EST Visibility at Sunset= 1.1 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 19 Hours Very hard but possible to see the moon on the evening of December 31, 2005 in Richmond area but better chance in west coast. Hence first day of Zul Hijja inshallah may start from Sunday January 1, 2006. Hence Eid-ul-Adha (10th of Zul Hijja) base on moon sighting may start from Tuesday January 10, 2006.
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| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 09:15 pm Zul Qa'dah 1426 AH New moon = Thursday December 1, 2005 10:01 AM EST Evening December 1, 2005 Sunset = 4:52 PM EST Moonset = 4:40 PM EST Visibility at Sunset= 0.4 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 7 Hours Not possible to see the moon on the evening of December 1, 2005 Next day December 2, 2005 Sunset = 4:51 PM EST Moonset = 5:35 PM EST Visibility at Sunset= 2.3 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 31 Hours Its possible to see the Moon. Hence inshallah Zul Qa'dah may start from Saturday December 3, 2005.
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| Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 02:33 pm First day of Shawwal 1426 AH, Eid-ul-Fitr in some countries At about 10:30 PM on the evening of Wednesday November 2, 2005, major national organizations like ICNA announced that "Based on Islamic Shura Council's decision, Shawaal moon has been sighted here in North America. Therefore Eid-ul-Fitr will be on Thursday (11/3), Inshallah. Wednesday 2 November 2005 Libya Nigeria Thursday 3 November 2005 Malaysia Indonesia Singapore Iraq (After 30 Days of Ramadan, and on Friday) Yemen (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Oman (Claim of sighting) Saudi Arabia (After 30 Days of Ramadan) UAE (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Qatar (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Kuwait (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Bahrain (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Jordan (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Palestine (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Syria (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Lebanon (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Egypt (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Sudan (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Algeria (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Tunis Mauritania (After 30 Days of Ramadan) Kenya Zimbabwe Bosnia and Herzegovi Germany USA (ISNA) Canada Friday 4 November 2005 Australia Brunei Darussalam India Pakistan Iran Iraq (and on Thursday) Morocco Tanzania South Africa USA (Ulema Council of North America) Guyana Trinidad and Tobago Surname
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| Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 03:36 pm Eid-ul-Fitr 1426 AH New moon = November 1, 2005 8:24 pM EST Tuesday November 1, 2005 Sunset = 5:11 PM EST Moonset = 4:51 PM EST Visibility = 0.1 percent Age at Sunset = Moon not born yet Not possible to see the moon on Tuesday. Next day, Wednesday November 2, 2005 Sunset = 5:10 PM EST Moonset = 5:23 PM EST Visibility = 0.9 percent Age at Sunset = about 21 hours Very hard to see the moon. According to Moonsighting "On November 2, the moon would be about 24 hours old on West Coast of USA and still not visible even by telescopes, because the moon will be in Southern Hemisphere..." Therefore *according to sighting of moon* first day of Eid-ul-Fitr 1426 AH may start from Friday November 4, 2005. As many countries in Middle East started their Ramadan a day earlier than official North American date, possibly the official day of Eid in some countries may be Thursday November 3, 2005.
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| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 08:03 pm This message will be periodically updated as more information is available First day of Ramadan 1426 AH in some countries Sunday October 2, 2005 Monday October 3, 2005 Nigeria Tuesday October 4, 2005 Iraq (and on Wednesday) Yemen Saudi Arabia UAE Qatar Kuwait Bahrain Jordan Palestine Syria Lebanon (and on Wednesday) Egypt Sudan Libya Algeria Wednesday October 5, 2005 Indonesia Malaysia Brunei Darussalam Turkey Oman Iraq (and on Tuesday) Lebanon (and on Tuesday) Tunis Albania Kosova Holland Ukrania Norway
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| Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 10:03 pm Ramadan 1426 AH New moon = Monday October 3, 2005 6:28 AM EDST Sunset = 6:50 PM EDST Moonset = 6:59 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 0.3 % Moon Age at Sunset= 12 Hour Very hard to see the moon on the evening of October 3, 2005. Next day October 4, 2005 Sunset = 6:48 PM EDST Moonset = 7:22 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 2.3 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 36 Hours It is possible to see the moon on the evening of October 4, 2005. Hence Ramadan inshallah may start from Wednesday October 5, 2005.
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| Monday, September 05, 2005 - 10:17 pm First day of Shabaan 1426 AH in some countries According to Moonsighting "Sha'ban moon was seen in Arizona and California on September 4, Sunday...", Therefore, Shabaan 1426 AH in United States started from Monday September 5, 2005. Sunday September 4, 2005 Nigeria Monday September 5, 2005 Brunei Singapore UAE Saudi Arabia Jordan Lebanon Egypt United States Tuesday September 6, 2005 Australia Zanzibar South Africa Pakistan
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| Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 10:02 pm Shabaan 1426 AH New moon = Saturday September 3, 2005 2:45 PM EDST Sunset = 7:35 PM EDST Moonset = 7:48 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 0.1 % Moon Age at Sunset= About 5 Hour Very hard to see the moon on the evening of September 3, 2005 Next day September 4, 2005 Sunset = 7:34 PM EDST Moonset = 8:10 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 1.4 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 29 Hours Although very light but it is possible to see the moon, on the evening of September 4, 2005. Hence Shabaan inshallah may start from Monday September 5, 2005.
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| Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 09:23 pm First day of Rajab 1426 AH in some countries According to Moonsighting "Reports for Rajab Moon cannot be posted on time, because Khalid Shaukat is on travel overseas and the no one else is available to update the web site. Please be patient...", Later according to Moonsighting "Rajab Moon was seen in California on August 5. It was seen in Australia on August 6... Dr. Youssef Ismail (Moonsighting.com member) from Palo Alto, CA reported: Seen On August 5, I saw the moon from a location just west of Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. It was an incredibly thin crescent that I could not see with the naked eye, but only with the aid of 10x50 power binoculars." There have been moon sightings by Non Muslims sources in many parts of USA. New Moon Photo Rajab New Moon at Scottsdale, Arizona sighted on Saturday August 6, 2005 Visit us again for updates. Saturday August 6, 2005 Australia Singapore Saudi Arabia Jordan Nigeria Sunday August 7, 2005 Morocco UK South Africa Zanzibar Pakistan USA?
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| Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 09:03 pm Rajab 1426 AH New moon = Thursday August 4, 2005 11:05 PM EDST Next Day Friday August 5, 2005 Sunset = 8:14 PM EDST Moonset = 8:56 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 0.8 % Moon Age at Sunset= 25 Hour Very hard to see the moon on the evening of August 5, 2005 Next day August 6, 2005 Sunset = 8:13 PM EDST Moonset = 9:21 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 3.2 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 49 Hours It is possible to see the moon, hence Rajab inshallah may start from Sunday August 7, 2005.
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| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 03:13 pm First day of Jumad Thani 1426 AH in some countries According to Moonsighting.com Moon was not sighted on July 6, 2005 therefore Jumad Thani 1426 AH in North America started from July 8, 2005. Friday July 7, 2005 Saudi Arabia Monday July 8 2005 Malaysia Singapore Jordan Zanzibar South Africa USA Guyana Saturday July 9, 2005 Pakistan
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| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 02:56 pm Jumad Thani 1426 AH New moon = Wednesday July 6, 2005 8:02 AM EDST Sunset = 8:34 PM EDST Moonset = 9:15 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 0.4 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 12 Hours Very hard to see the moon on the evening of July 6, 2005 Next day July 7, 2005 Sunset = 8:34 PM EDST Moonset = 9:53 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 2.3 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 36 Hours Its possible to see the moon on the evening of July 7, 2005. Hence Jumad Thani inshallah may start from Friday July 8, 2005.
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| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 03:02 pm First day of Jumad Awal 1426 AH in some countries According to moonsighting.com "Moon has been seen on June 7 in Labanon by a regular moonsighting.com member using binocular. It was also seen in Houston, Arizona, and California USA by naked eye..." Wednesday June 8, 2005 USA Thursday June 9, 2005 South Africa Pakistan
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| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 02:55 pm Jumad Awal 1426 AH New moon = Monday June 6, 2005 5:55 PM EDST Sunset = 8:28 PM EDST Moonset = 8:45 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 0.1 percent, New Moon Moon Age at Sunset= About 2 Hours Very hard to see the moon on the evening of June 6, 2005 Next day June 7, 2005 Sunset = 8:28 PM EDST Moonset = 9:43 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 1.4 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 26 Hours Its possible to see the moon on the evening of June 7. Hence Jumad Awal inshallah may start from Wednesday June 8, 2005.
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| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 11:16 pm First day of Rabi Thani 1426 AH in some countries According to Moonsighting.com "Negative moonsighting reports from all over the world were received on Sunday, May 8, 2005, except one non-Muslim sighting by telescope only from Tucson, AZ..." Monday May 9, 2005 Tuesday May 10, 2005 South Africa North America Pakistan Saudi Arabia
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| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 11:05 pm Rabi Thani 1426 AH New moon = Sunday May 8, 2005 4:45 AM EDST Sunset = 8:06 PM EDST Moonset = 8:48 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 0.5 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 15 Hours Very hard to to see the moon on the evening of May 8, 2005 with naked eyes. Next day May 9, 2005 Sunset = 8:07 PM EDST Moonset = 9:54 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 2.9 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 39 Hours Its possible to see the moon on the evening of May 9. Hence Rabi Thani inshallah may start from Tuesday May 10, 2005.
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| Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 08:59 pm First day of Rabi Awwal 1426 AH in some countries According to Moonsighting.com "New crescent moon of Rabi-al-Awwal has been seen in Virgina, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and California on Saturday, April 9, 2005..." Saturday April 9,2005 Sunday April 10, 2005 North America Saudi Arabia Monday April 11, 2005 South Africa Pakistan
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| Monday, March 14, 2005 - 09:12 pm First day of Safar 1426 AH in some countries "Moon has been sighted many places in the world on Friday, March 11, including Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Africa and many places in USA..." moonsighting.com Saturday March 12, 2005 Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Jordan South Africa Germany North America Pakistan
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| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 09:48 pm Safar 1426 AH New moon = Thursday March 10, 2005 4:10 AM EST Sunset = 6:12 PM EST Moonset = 6:45 PM EDST Visibility at Sunset= 0.5 percent Moon Age at Sunset= about 14 Hours Very hard to see the moon on the evening of March 10, 2005 Next evening Friday March 11, 2005 Sunset = 6:13 PM EST Moonset = 7:55 PM EST Visibility at Sunset= 3.3 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 38 Hours Its possible to see the moon in North America, therefore the month of Safar may start from Saturday March 12, 2005.
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| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 09:51 pm First day of Muharram 1426 AH in some countries According to Moonsighting "Muharram crescent moon has been sighted on Wednesday, February 9, 2005, in Cape Town, South Africa, while non-sighting in UK confirmed the Visibility Curves ..." Wednesday February 9, 2005 Thursday February 10, 2005 USA South Africa Jordan Saudi Arabia Iran Morocco Germany
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| Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 09:52 pm Muharram 1426 AH New moon = Tuesday February 8, 2005 5:28 PM EST Sunset = 5:42 PM EST Moonset = 5:28 PM EST Visibility at Sunset= 0.2 percent Moon Age at Sunset= Less than hour Difficult to see the moon on the evening of February 8, 2005 Next evening Wednesday February 9, 2005 Sunset = 5:43 PM EST Moonset = 6:45 PM EST Visibility at Sunset= 1.6 percent Moon Age at Sunset= About 24 Hours Its possible to see the Moon, therefore Muharram may start from Thursday February 10, 2005.
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