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Ramadan moon sighted in Lahore, Islamabad: Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
Final decision will be announced by central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
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Lahore: The Ramadan crescent moon was sighted in Lahore and Islamabad on Saturday evening, meaning the holy month will officially begin on Sunday.
The moon was sighted by zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. The zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee has reported the moon sighting to central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. The zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee said that final decision will be announced by central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.
Muslims follow a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. Sighting a crescent moon heralds the start of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
The starting date of the dawn-dusk fasting month of Ramadan is determined by both lunar calculations and physical sightings of a new moon.
Observant Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, and traditionally gather with family and friends to break their fast in the evening.
It is also a time of prayers, during which Muslims converge in large numbers on mosques, especially at night.
Ramadan is a holy month for the world’s more than 1.5 billion Muslims.
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