Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet today for Zilhajj moon sighting

KARACHI (92 News) – The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet on Tuesday (today) for sighting the Zilhajj moon.

The committee will meet at Met Complex in Karachi after Asar prayers. The meetings of zonal and district Ruet-e-Hilal committees will also be held at their respective headquarters for collecting evidences in respect of sighting if Zilhaj moon or otherwise. Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committees would also meet in Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar, while the district bodies will meet at their respective headquarters on the day.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had predicted on July 4 that there is a fair chance of sighting the moon of Zilhaj, 1441 AH on the evening of July 21 i.e. on 29th of Ziqad. In a statement the met office had said that the new moon of Zilhaj, 1441 AH will be born on crossing conjunction point at 22:33 Pakistan Standard Time (PST) on 20 July (Monday). According to astronomical parameters, there is ‘fair chance’ of sighting the new moon of Zilhaj, 1441 AH on the evening of Tuesday, July 21st i.e. on 29th of Ziquad, 1441 AH, the met office predicted.

A day earlier, Zil-Hajj moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia and hence first of Zil Hajj will be on July 22. Youm-e-Arfa will be on July 30 and Eidul Azha will be on July 31. According to the Saudi Arabia Supreme Court, no evidence of the moon-sighting was received in any part of the country. Saudi Arabia decided in June to limit the number of domestic pilgrims attending the Hajj to around 1,000 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after barring Muslims abroad from the rite for the first year in modern times.