Pakistan will celebrate Eid ul Fitr on Saturday (March 21) as Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee received no credible testimony of Shawwal moon sighting from any part of the country.
RHC Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad formally announced the decision in a press conference in Islamabad.
Islamic months last 29 or 30 days, with their start and end determined by the sighting of the crescent moon, so Ramadan does not fall on the same Gregorian date each year.
Eid ul Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon according to the Muslim lunar calendar.
The first fast in Pakistan was observed on February 19, with Ramadan completing 30 days as the moon was not sighted today.
There was a possibility of the moon being visible at an angle of 271.36 degrees in Islamabad, meteorologists said.
The sun set in the capital at 6:22pm, while the expected time for moon visibility was 6:51pm.
