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Ramadan 2023: Crescent moon not sighted in Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, Australia

Hindustan Times | 21/03/2023 11:17 PM | Click to read full article

The Central Moon Sighting Committees in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and other Muslim-majority nations along with Australia, the UK, Philippines could NOT sight the Ramadan crescent moon or Ramzan Chand tonight. Hence, fasts are to begin from Thursday in these countries. Usually, the crescent of Ramadan is first sighted in Saudi Arabia and some parts of India along with some Western countries and then usually a day later in the rest of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries.

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