Re: [HCDX] Ramadan 2000

[Dan Henderson <dandan2@xxxxxxxx>]

Willi:

I copied the following off the net--

According to the Islamic Society of North America
                 the first day of fasting for Ramadan is expected to be
                 December 9,1999.
                 (In the year 2000, Ramadan begins November 27)
At 06:44 PM 8/31/00 +0300, you wrote:

http://www.holidays.net/ramadan/index.htm

Then there is the following:

Ramadan for the year 2000

                                      Ramadan will begin on November 26, 
2000 for most
                                      of the United States. God 
willing.  The last day of
                                      Ramadan will be December 25, 
2000  for the whole
                                      USA

http://www.submission.org/ramadan.html

Then there is :

http://www.ummah.org.uk/ramadhan/ram99b/index.html#Ramadhan

which I copied below.  There is an issue even within the Muslim world 
apparently as to when it starts.  The page above does address this for 1999 
and I included it so you could get some understanding about the real "start 
of Ramadan".  Interesting, huh?

73

Dan Henderson

Ramadhan & Eid ul-Fitr 1420AH (1999/2000)



Ramadhan

The month of Ramadhan begins after the sighting of the lunar crescent on 
the previous evening.

The coloured bands on the maps below indicate areas of the world where the 
crescent is likely to be visible on the
date indicated:


                                 Click map to see full-sized version.

                Map  produced with MoonCalc 5.0 by Dr Monzur Ahmed using 
Ilyas' criterion of visibility
                                 See also map using Yallop/RGO criterion

   It is expected that the new moon will be visible from parts of North, 
Central and South America on the evening of
8th Dec 1999.
   It is expected that the new moon will be visible from the rest of the 
world on the evening of 9th Dec 1999.
   Note that the new moon will NOT be visible from anywhere on the evening 
of 7th Dec 1999.



   Hence pending actual moon sighting, Ramadhan should begin in the 
Americas on 9th Dec
                      1999 and the rest of the world on 10th Dec 1999.




Eid ul-Fitr

Eid ul-Fitr occurs after the end of the month of Ramadhan. Eid is 
celebrated after the sighting of the new crescent on the
previous evening.

The coloured bands on the map below indicate areas of the world where the 
crescent is likely to be visible on the
date indicated:



                                  Click map to see full-sized version

                Map produced with MoonCalc 5.0 by Dr Monzur Ahmed using 
Ilyas' criterion of visibility
                                See also map using Yallop/RGO  criterion

   It is expected that the new moon will be visible from North and South 
America and possiby West Africa on the evening of 7th Jan 2000.
   It is expected that the new moon will be visible from the rest of the 
world on the evening of 8th Jan 2000.



 Hence pending actual moon sighting, Eid ul-Fitr should be on 8th Jan 2000 
for the Americas
         and possibly parts of West Africa and 9th Jan 2000 for the rest 
of the world.




Related links:

   The Crescent Moon of Ramadhan
   Information on Islamic Calendar based on predicted moon sighting.
   Information on last ramadhan and last Eid ul-Fitr.
   Information on last Eid ul-Adha and Hajj.

   The maps on this page were produced by the computer program MoonCalc by 
Dr. Monzur Ahmed.

      Back to Ramadhan index page



                  Copyright © by Dr. Monzur Ahmed; last modified: 1st 
November 1999
                                      monz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Hello all,
>
> who does know the date Ramadan 2000 starts?
>
> A DX Club published a date recently which does not correspond with full
> moon - to my knowledge, Ramadan should start at full moon.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> 73,
> Willi
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