Eid ul Adha in Pakistan 2021 to observe on July 21, the Ruet-e-Hilal Central Committee said on Saturday, not citing any testimony received for the moon Zil Hajj.
Tomorrow is therefore the 30th Ziquad and the first Zil Hajj falls on Monday, July 12, 2021. The Ruet-e-Hilal Central Committee met today to spot the crescent Zil Hajj 1442 AH in the Met complex of the Pakistan Meteorological Department in Karachi.
The chairman of the Ruet-e-Hilal Central Committee, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, came to Karachi from Islamabad to chair the meeting.
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In the meantime, the provincial and district Ruet-e-Hilal committees met simultaneously at their respective seats.
Meetings in Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar reported that no testimony had been received on the sighting of the moon.
Maulana Azad said the skies were clear in most parts of the country but cloudy in some. He said that no testimony had been received regarding the sighting of the moon, so it was mutually agreed that the former would be observed by Zil Hajj on Monday, July 12, and Eid ul Adha on Wednesday, July 21.
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Information on the sighting of the crescent moon was obtained from Maulana Azad on her telephone number 0321-9410041, GD (R&R) Ministry of Religious Affairs Syed Mushahid Hussain Khalid telephone number 0300-6831822 and the telephone number of Director (R&R) Hafiz Abdul Qudoos. number transmitted 0333-2697051.
As per the astronomical parameters, there was almost no chance of seeing Zil Hajj’s new moon, 1442 AH, or Ziquad 29, 1442 AH on the night of the 10th of July.
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As per the climate data previously released by the Met Office, Zilhaj’s new moon was expected to be born on July 10 at 6:18 a.m. PST at the crossing point of the intersection, and his age is expected to be 14 hours at the time of moon observation across the country, making it almost impossible to be spotted.