March 23 will be first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The International Astronomy Center in Abu Dhabi reported that Thursday, March 23, will be the first day of the blessed Ramadan 2023.

Engineer Muhammad Shawkat Odeh, director of the center, said: Some countries started the month of Sha'ban on Tuesday, February 21, and these countries will investigate the crescent of Ramadan on Tuesday, March 21.

While other countries began the month of Sha'ban on Wednesday, February 22, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iran, Oman, Jordan, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania, and these countries will investigate the crescent of Ramadan on Wednesday, March 22, the 29 of Sha'ban.

As for the countries that will investigate the crescent on Tuesday, March 21, seeing it on that day is impossible, because the moon sets before the sun, and the conjunction occurs after sunset, and then these countries will complete Sha’ban, so that Thursday, March 23, will be the first of Ramadan.