ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

Greetings..

just want to tell you Ramadan is going to be on the 1st of September

and eid al feter is going to be on the 1st of October

they announced officially on the TV and the newspaper.

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

How is that possible??

Is it not decided by the moon-sighting committee in Saudi?

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

it appears they can 'fix' anything these days NL :(

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

that whats usually happens..but it seems this year they knew it very early

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

agree ;)

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

Yes, I always thought it was the sighting of the moon. Nowadays though, using mathematics and other science stuff, they can calculate when the new moon will be visible, so therefore have a pretty solid prediction.

In Saudi, the diaries and calendars since the start of the year were stating it was Sept 1st anyway!

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

The calendar I had showed the 2 days of Eid Al Fitr being Tues 30 Sept and Wed 1 Oct...

Its amazing how that with modern science and the ability to calculate the timing of the moon, that the public hols seem to be falling either side of the weekends now, as it will now be Wed 1st & Thurs 2nd...

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

Wow...A long weekend...That's the best news since this morning when I heard that I was pregnant...

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

Congrats, Confi, ole buddy!! I assume your condition was caused by sitting on a dirty toilet seat...

Re: ramadan and eid al feter (already announced)
 

No...Intercourse...Sorry to disappoint you...