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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Modhera Dance Festival
Sunday, 19 January 2025
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Jayanti
Thursday, 23 January 2025
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Rashtriya Balika Diwas
Friday, 24 January 2025
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Shattila Ekadashi
Saturday, 25 January 2025
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Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Saturday, 25 January 2025
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Republic Day
Sunday, 26 January 2025
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Shab-E-Miraj
Sunday, 26 January 2025
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Lala Lajpat Rai Jayanti
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Mauni Amavasya
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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Mahatma Gandhi s Assassination
Thursday, 30 January 2025
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Jaipur Literature Festival
Thursday, 30 January 2025
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Lucknow Festival
Friday, 31 January 2025
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World Book Fair
Saturday, 01 February 2025
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Shekhawati Festival
Saturday, 01 February 2025
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Attuvela Mahotsavam
Saturday, 01 February 2025
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Vasant Panchami
Sunday, 02 February 2025
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Ratha Saptami
Tuesday, 04 February 2025
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Bhishma Ashtami
Wednesday, 05 February 2025
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Surajkund Crafts Mela
Friday, 07 February 2025
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Baneshwar Fair
Saturday, 08 February 2025