On Thursday, April 20, 2023, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee held a meeting to sight the moon for Eidul Fitr in Islamabad. However, the committee's chairman, Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, announced during a press conference that the Shawwal moon had not been sighted in Pakistan, and as a result, Eidul Fitr would fall on Saturday, April 22. This announcement was made after the committee met with zonal bodies in Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, and Lahore, and no authentic testimony of the moon being sighted was received.
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Earlier in the day, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) released the coordinates and chances for sighting the moon. According to astronomical parameters, there was no chance of sighting the new moon of Shawwal, 1444 AH, on the evening of April 20, 2023, which was the 29th Ramazan, 1444 AH.
The Ruet-e-Hilal Research Council (RHRC) had also stated that the chances of Eidul Fitr 2023 falling on April 21, Friday, were very low as the new crescent would be born at 9:13 am on April 20, and its age would be less than 10 hours that day. Mufti Khalid Ijaz had also predicted that Eidul Fitr 2023 would most likely be celebrated on April 22 after completing 30 fasting days of the holy month of Ramazan. He had further noted that it was unlikely that the Shawwal moon would be sighted on April 21 evening.
Eid Ul Fitr Karachi 2023
Eidul Fitr is a significant festival in the Islamic calendar and is celebrated at the end of the Holy month of Ramazan. It is worth noting that markets were allowed to remain open until 1 am to celebrate this occasion.
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