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Ibrahim Akhyam, a researcher in the science of timekeeping and a member of the Islamic Moon Sighting Project said the beginning of Ramadan this year will most likely be on March 2. “The sighting ...

But what is the moon’s significance for Ramadan 2025? We find out. Ramadan happens in the ninth month of the Islam calendar. The sighting of the crescent moon determines the beginning and the ...

The Islamic calendar is lunar, meaning each month begins with a new astronomical moon. As lunar months are shorter than solar, the Islamic calendar does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar ...

Traditionally, Islamic months begin and end with the sighting of the new crescent moon. In many Muslim-majority countries, official sighting committees gather to sight the moon by eye, and many ...

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, where Islam was first established by the prophet ...

Every year, Muslims around the world anticipate the sighting of the new crescent moon that signifies the official first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most sacred ...

Ramadan is a holy month in Islam characterised by fasting ... The precise dates of Ramadan in 2025 depend on the sighting of the moon, but it is anticipated to start on the evening of Friday ...

Morocco is expected to observe the first day of Ramadan on March 2, Ibrahim Akhyam, a member of the Islamic Moon Sighting Project, told Morocco World News. On the 29th day of Shaaban ...