· 26-July-2014
at 11:00 AM - Makkah Time
New moon visibility is not
expected today, Saturday, 26th July, 2014 in any part of the world because the
new moon will be born too late to be visible today.
· 27-July-2014
at 12:45 PM - Makkah Time
Crescent visibility is
expected today, Sunday, 27th July 2014 in French Polynesia, Cook Islands and
some countries of Southern America. Please see the visibility curve below to
get a better idea of the crescent visibility predictions today.
Eid
Annoucement
We are very pleased to announce that North, Central and South
America, all of Africa, all of Europe, and almost all of Asia except Japan
& North Korea and few countries of Oceania will be able to
celebrate Eid Al-Fitr 2014 (1435) on Monday, 28th July 2014. The other
countries in the world, mainly in Oceania, but also Japan and North Korea as
well as some parts of Russia & China will be able to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr
on Tuesday, 29th July 2014.Please see the Google map
below in which we have marked the countries where Eid should be celebrated on
28th July 2014 in green. We have also provided below an extensive list of the
countries arranged according to the date of celebration of Eid Al-Fitr 2014
(1435). To see the visibility prediction curves for Eid al-Fitr, please see http://www.makkahcalendar.org/en/eid-al-fitr-2014.php
.
You will notice from the visibility curves that the new moon will be born on
Saturday, 26th July 2014 at 22:41 UTC, very late to be observed on the same day.
On the next day, Sunday, 27th July 2014, the new moon visibility can be extended to most parts
of the world and, hence, Shawwal can start here on Monday, 28th July 2014 as
mentioned in the country list below. For the extended visibility, we have
chosen the point of reference in the South Atlantic Ocean at 17° West 37°
South. Please read Makkah Calendar
Introduction to understand better the concept of extended
visibility as well as that of the point of reference.
In the case of China and Russia, the extension of the zone of visibility on the
evening of 27th July 2014 includes the greatest part of these countries. However,
a small part of China, to the east of Siping (Jilin province) and a part of
Russia, to the east to the Yakutsak are not covered by the extension of the
zone of observation. Hence, these parts of both the countries should celebrate
Eid al-Fitr 2014 on Tuesday, 29th July
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