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 AIDS Day
Friday, 01 December 2023
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Feast of St Francis Xavier
Sunday, 03 December 2023
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International Disability Day
Sunday, 03 December 2023
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Kala Bhairava Jayanti
Monday, 04 December 2023
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Konark Dance Festival
Tuesday, 05 December 2023
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Utpanna Ekadashi
Friday, 08 December 2023
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Hornbill Festival
Sunday, 10 December 2023
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Human Rights Day
Sunday, 10 December 2023
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Dhanu Sankranti
Saturday, 16 December 2023
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Vivaha Panchami
Sunday, 17 December 2023
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Geeta Jayanti Samaroh
Friday, 22 December 2023
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Mokshada Ekadashi
Friday, 22 December 2023
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Kisan Diwas
Saturday, 23 December 2023
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Christmas Day
Monday, 25 December 2023
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Margashirsha Purnima
Tuesday, 26 December 2023
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New Year's Eve
Sunday, 31 December 2023