Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated in the country 🐼on Thursday except Kerala and Ladakh.
Delhi's Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad told PTI that the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of the mosque contacted many places and was informed that moon was not sighted.
Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated in the country 🐼on Thursday except Kerala and Ladakh.
Delhi's Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad told PTI that🐈 the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of the mosque contacted man🌠y places and was informed that moon was not sighted.
Therefore, Eid will be celebrated in India on Thursday and on Wednesday the 30th fast of Ramz✱an will be observed, he said.
Eid will, however, be celebrated across 🅰Kerala and in Leh and Kargilꦑ Wednesday.
Muslim clerics in Kerala including Sayyid Sad𝓰iq Ali Shihab Thangal, Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal and Kanthapuram A P Aboob♊acker Musliyar said the Shawwal moon was sighted and so Eid will be celebrated across the state on Wednesday.
Former Imam♓ of🧸 Shahi Jama Masjid Delhi Syed Ahmed Bukhari said there is no news of sighting of the moon of Shawwal.
"Contacts wဣere made in different parts of India - Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal and Bihar, but the moon was not sighted anywhere," he said.
"Eid will be celebrated on 🍷Thursday, April 11,🤡" Bukhari said.
Lucknow's Markazi Chand Committee also declared that Eid will be celebrated on April 🧸11 as the moon has not been sighted this e🌃vening.
Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated across the world on different days and it is determined by the sighting of the cresceꦜnt moon which is supposed to denote the start of the Shawwal month in the lunar Islamic calendar.
It marks the end of the fasting month of Ramzan.