The National Crescent Committee will meet tomorrow, Sunday, to watch for the crescent of Ramadan – New Algeria

Tomorrow evening, Sunday, at Dar Al-Imam (Algiers), members of the National Committee for Crescents and Islamic Times will meet to watch for the crescent moon. RAMADAN month For the year 2024, according to a statement by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments.

The source explained that, on this occasion, a symposium will be held under the supervision of the Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments, Mr. Youssef Belmehdi, at the National School to train and improve the level of the frameworks of the Department of Religious Affairs and Endowments (Imam’s house) in Muhammadiyah.

In turn, the Algerian Sirius Society, which specializes in astronomy, stated that the possibility of seeing and birthing the crescent of the month of Ramadan on Sunday, March 10, the Night of Doubt, is “non-existent.”

According to an official statement by the association, after the conclusions it reached, the month of Shaban is supposed to be completed for 30 days, making the first day of the month of fasting Tuesday, March 12.

This is the date of the first day of Ramadan 2024

The Egyptian Institute for Geophysical and Astronomical Studies revealed, according to the calculations of the Sun Research Laboratory at the same institute, that the 29th of Shaaban will be next Sunday, March 10, and therefore the date of the first of Ramadan 1445 will be Monday, March 11, 2024.

In the same regard, the institute revealed that the shortest days of the holy month, in terms of number of hours FastingIt will be the first day of Ramadan.

The institute also added that it is expected to be the first days Eid al-Fitr It will be on April 9, 2024.

Astronomical studies remain merely a scientific draft, on the sidelines of the noble Prophet’s command to watch for the crescent of fasting and breaking the fast, in accordance with his saying, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him: “Fast when it sees it, and break your fast when it sees it.”