The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has called on people to look for the crescent moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the sighting of which would start the holy month of Ramadan.
According Headlinenews.news investigate reports, the country’s Supreme Court has requested anyone who sights the crescent moon, whether with the naked eye or using binoculars, to report it to the nearest court and register their testimony.
Alternatively, they can contact the nearest relevant authorities to guide them.
The sighting of the crescent moon marks the start of Ramadan for Muslims across the world.
Ramadan is a Holy month in Islam where Muslims fast from pre-sunrise to sunset fast lasts anywhere from 12 to 18 hours, depending on where you are in the world.
Muslims believe that Ramadan is the month when the first verses of the holy book Qur’an were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad more than 1,400 years ago.
The fast entails abstinence from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations during daylight hours to achieve greater “taqwa”, or consciousness of God.
Ramadan begins 10 to 12 days earlier each year. This is because the Islamic calendar is based on the lunar Hijri calendar with months that are 29 or 30 days long.
Because the lunar year is shorter than the solar year by 11 days, Ramadan will be observed twice in the year 2030 – first beginning on January 5 and then starting on December 25.
The next time Ramadan will start after March 23 will be 33 years from now – in the year 2056.
