Muscat: Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) in the Sultanate of Oman has announced the official date for the crescent moon sighting for the month of Ramadan in the year 1446 AH The ministry called on the public to sight the crescent of Ramadhan on Sunday, Shaban 1445 AH, corresponding to March 10. Muscat: The main committee for sighting the moon of Ramadhan (1445AH), will meet this evening in the general office of the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA). Muscat – The Ministry is calling on citizens and residents to sight the crescent moon of the holy month on Friday evening, the twenty-ninth of Sha’ban 1446 AH. In the event sighting the moon, people are requested to call the following numbers: 24694400, 24644037, 24644070, 24695551, 24644004, and 24644015. Muscat – The main committee for sighting the crescent moon of the holy month of Ramadan for the year 1446 AH will convene tomorrow evening, Friday, at the General Diwan of the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs. The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Mohammed bin Said al Ma’amari, Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs. Muscat: The Main Committee for Moon Sighting will convene on Friday evening at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs to observe the crescent of the holy month of Ramadhan for the year 1446 AH. The committee has called on citizens and residents across the Sultanate of Oman to participate Muscat: The Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs announced on Sunday that Tuesday 12 March, 2024 will be the first day of the holy month of Ramadhan 1445 AH, due to the lack of confirmation The Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs has issued an announcement urging citizens to participate in the sighting of the crescent moon to mark the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan in the year 1445 AH According to astronomical calculations issued by the Ministry, the Sun will set on Sunday evening at 6:14, and the moon will descend at 6:24, 3 degrees away from the sun with an illumination Oman will observe the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan on March 12, Tuesday. Oman News Agency, in a post on social media platform X, announced that Tuesday will be the beginning of the The main committee to survey the sighting of the crescent moon of Ramadan for this year, 1444 AH, will meet tomorrow evening, March 22, at the office of the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs Similar appeals to sight the Ramadan 2025 Moon have also been made by the religious affair ministeries and moon sighting committees in United Arab Emirate (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Kuwait Muscat: The main committee for sighting the crescent of Ramadan for this year, 1444, will meet today evening, Wednesday, March 22, in the general office of the Ministry of Endowments and Ramadan is not uniformly observed globally — the start date can vary by country or even be different mosque to mosque in the same city for a variety of reasons. But it all starts with a sighting For Ramadan 2025, the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia, along with official moon sighting committees worldwide, has called upon Muslims to search for the crescent moon on Friday, February 28, 2025 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia along with the Moon Sighting Committees in UAE, Qatar, India, Pakistan, USA, UK, Afghanistan, Nepal, Oman, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Turkey, Egypt, USA, UK The sighting of a crescent moon marks the beginning of Ramadan 2025 and the conclusion of the month of Sha'aban. If the moon is sighted on Friday, February 28, 2025, in KSA, then the holy month of Ramadan will begin, and the first day of fasting (also known as Roza in India) will be on March 1, 2025, in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Dubai, and other Gulf nations. Moonrise and moonset time, Moon direction, and Moon phase in Muscat – Oman for February 2025. When and where does the Moon rise and set? Ramadan commences when a small sliver of the moon, known in astronomical terms as the “waxing crescent,” emerges and becomes visible. And that’s true across the Islamic world. But from there, things start to get complicated and decentralize quickly, Kugle said. Saudi Arabia, Moon Sighting Committees in UAE, Qatar, India, Pakistan and other countries, have officially asked Muslims in the respective countries to spot the New Moon of Ramadan – the Holy Muscat: The Main Committee for Ramadan Moon Sighting 1444 AH has announced that Thursday, 23 March 2023, will be the first day of the Holy month of Ramadan.. This was stated in the statement
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