The crescent moon has a famously lofty place in Arab and Islamic culture. A symbol of transformation, it signals the beginning and end of every month of the Hijri calendar. Even now, astronomers ...

This is to say that the months either have 29 or 30 days in them based on the waxing or waning of the moon (Hilal). Clearly, the Islamic calendar is not the same as the Gregorian calendar ...

The Hijriah Islamic calendar is based on the lunar cycle and moon phases. A hilal (crescent) marks the start of each of 12 months in a Hijriah year. Ramadan is the ninth month of the calendar ...

he government has announced that the first day of the month of Syawal in the Islamic calendar, which marks the Idul Fitri holiday, will fall on Monday, as the hilal (crescent moon) was not visible ...

The Central Hilal Committee of North America has shared a major update on Eid-ul-Fitr. Talking to X, the committee shared that reports from all sub-committees have “unanimously confirmed” that the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Sunday announced ... the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and several other countries are ...

ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Sunday evening ... the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. The beginning of the ninth and holiest month in the Muslim calendar — as well as ...