Most of the Muslim festivals including the start and end of Ramzan and the festival of Eid are all based on actual sighting of the crescent of the new moon.
This crescent if less than 12 hrs old cannot be seen with naked eyes. In fact it s only visible with naked eye once it is 20-30 hours old.
That’s the reason why many of the Muslim communities appoint a “Hilal”, which is a Crescent sighting community especially for this purpose and to calculate the dates of Islamic calendar.
The factors that majorly affect the sighting of a new moon are:
Distance at that moment of moon from Earth:
- The height of the observer above sea level.
- The eye-sight quality of the observer.
Forthcoming Festivals
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Baneshwar Fair
Friday, 23 January 2026
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Jayanti
Friday, 23 January 2026
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Vasant Panchami
Friday, 23 January 2026
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Rashtriya Balika Diwas
Saturday, 24 January 2026
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Ratha Saptami
Sunday, 25 January 2026
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Bhishma Ashtami
Monday, 26 January 2026
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Lala Lajpat Rai Jayanti
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
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Jaya Ekadashi
Thursday, 29 January 2026
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Mahatma Gandhi s Assassination
Friday, 30 January 2026
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Jaisalmer Desert Festival
Friday, 30 January 2026
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Lucknow Festival
Friday, 30 January 2026
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Surajkund Crafts Mela
Saturday, 31 January 2026
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Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Saturday, 31 January 2026
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Magha Purnima
Sunday, 01 February 2026
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Guru Ravidas Jayanti
Sunday, 01 February 2026
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Sai Baba Puja Diwas
Monday, 09 February 2026
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Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
Thursday, 12 February 2026
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Shab-E-Barat
Thursday, 12 February 2026
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Goa Carnival
Friday, 13 February 2026
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Vijaya Ekadashi
Friday, 13 February 2026