{"id":22504,"date":"2024-04-09T19:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/how-the-solar-eclipse-affected-eid-timing\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T19:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:43:46","slug":"how-the-solar-eclipse-affected-eid-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/how-the-solar-eclipse-affected-eid-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Solar Eclipse Affected Eid Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For centuries, the sighting of a crescent moon has signaled the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fast and prayer for Muslims.<\/p>\n

This year, the sight was obscured in some parts of the world by the sun\u2019s glare during the total solar eclipse, delaying some Islamic communities\u2019 declaration of Eid al-Fitr, the celebration marking the end of the fast. Although only a narrow band of North America experienced a total eclipse, the phenomenon reduced lunar visibility elsewhere, experts said.<\/p>\n

In Kerala, a state in southern India, the new moon was spotted on Tuesday, but it was not seen in the capital of New Delhi, so Muslim communities in India will celebrate Eid<\/a> one day apart.<\/p>\n

In Saudi Arabia, an authority on religious observances for many Muslims, the government called on all Muslims throughout the kingdom<\/a> to look for the crescent moon on Monday. When it was not reported seen, the Supreme Court declared<\/a> on Tuesday that Eid would be celebrated beginning on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n