The month of Ramadan for this year is set to likely begin on April 14, Wednesday.
Mazen Al Mafraji, the Head of the Hijri Calendar Department at the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, told the Times of Oman that this is according to astronomical calculators.
Al Mafraji furthered that Eid Al Fitr will likely fall on May 13, 2021, Thursday.
He explained that the moon on that day “will be in the conjunction phase at exactly 6:31 in the morning, and the sun will set at 6:27 pm.”
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In addition, he also said that the moon “will descend at exactly 6:47pm, meaning the moon will remain on the horizon for about 20 minutes after sunset, at an altitude of about 4 degrees from the western horizon, about 6 degrees away from the sun, and its illumination is about 0.32 percent”.
Viewing the crescent of the month of Ramadan will be “very difficult, or not possible, on the day in Muscat Governorate and throughout the Sultanate”.
He also confirmed that April 13, 2021, Tuesday, will be the completion of Sha’aban. (ES)
