The Qatari Calendar: April 13, The Beginning of The Blessed Month of Ramadan, Astronomical

 According to the accurate astronomical calculations made by the specialists at the Qatar Calendar House, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 AD is the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan for this year, and Monday, April 12, 2021 AD is the completion of the month of Sha`ban 1442 AH

Crescent of Ramadan

The legal decision to enter the blessed month of Ramadan for this year remains within the jurisdiction of the crescent vision investigation committee at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs in the State of Qatar.

Engineer Faisal Al-Ansari (Executive Director of the Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ansari Complex) stated that the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan for the year 1442 AH will be born at dawn on Monday, 12 April 2021 AD, at 5:31 am Doha local time (2:31 am GMT), The sun will set on Monday from the sky of the State of Qatar at 5:55 pm, while the date of sunset for the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan will be at 6:16 pm, which means that the crescent will set 21 minutes after sunset on Monday, and this period will increase whenever we head. west.

It is noteworthy that the sighting of the crescent is affected by several factors, including climatic factors, geographical factors, and astronomical factors such as the residence period, the age of the crescent and its height above the western horizon at sunset.

It is worth noting that the beginnings and ends of the Hijri months depend on the movement of the Moon in its orbit around the Earth, while the beginnings and ends of the Gregorian months depend on the movement of the Earth in its orbit around the sun.