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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World Haemophilia Day
Friday, 17 April 2026
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World Heritage Day
Saturday, 18 April 2026
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Akshaya Tritiya
Sunday, 19 April 2026
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Parshuram Jayanti
Sunday, 19 April 2026
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Saint Surdas Jayanti
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
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World Earth Day
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
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Ramanuja Acharya Jayanti
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
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Ganga Saptami
Thursday, 23 April 2026
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World Book Day
Thursday, 23 April 2026
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Sita Navami
Saturday, 25 April 2026
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Thrissur Pooram
Sunday, 26 April 2026
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Mohini Ekadashi
Monday, 27 April 2026
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Guru Amar Das Jayanti
Thursday, 30 April 2026
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Shri Narsingh Jayanti
Thursday, 30 April 2026
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World Labor Day
Friday, 01 May 2026
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Moatsu Festival
Friday, 01 May 2026
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May Day
Friday, 01 May 2026
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Narad Jayanti
Saturday, 02 May 2026
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World Laughter Day
Sunday, 03 May 2026
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Rabindra Nath Jayanti
Saturday, 09 May 2026