The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is scheduled to meet in Karachi today to sight the moon for Zilhajj. Concurrently, zonal meetings will be held in provincial capitals and Islamabad 30 minutes before the Maghrib prayer to facilitate the process.
The chairman of the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, will preside over the meeting.
Earlier, on June 3, an official of the Ruet-e-Hilal Research Council predicted that the moon for Eid-ul-Azha is likely to be sighted on June 7. According to Ruet-e-Hilal Research Council Secretary General Khalid Ijaz Mufti, Eid-ul-Azha is expected to fall on Monday, June 17.
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Khalid Ijaz Mufti, in his prediction, states that the moon will be born on June 6 at 5:38pm, and with the moon's age being 25 hours by sunset on June 7, its visibility is highly probable.
Meanwhile, the crescent moon marking the beginning of Zilhajj has been sighted in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Supreme Court announced on Thursday. As per the official statement, the first day of Zilhajj will be observed on Friday, June 7.
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Consequently, Arafat Day, which holds immense significance as the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage, will fall on Saturday, June 15. Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, will be celebrated the following day on Sunday, June 16.
The announcement was reported by Gulf News, confirming that the sighting of the moon has set the Islamic calendar's key dates in motion. According to the Saudi authorities, the observation aligns with the lunar calculations, placing Arafat Day on the 9th day of Zilhajj and Eid-ul-Azha on the 10th day.
