Lahore: Jami’ul-Awwal 1448 Hijri will start on Tuesday, October 13, in Pakistan. The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, while announcing the new Islamic month, said that evidence of the sighting of the Jamadi-ul-Awwal moon has been received.
A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was held in Lahore under the chairmanship of Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, in which the testimonies received regarding the sighting of the moon were reviewed.
After the meeting, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad announced that the moon of Jumada al-Awwal has been sighted in the country; therefore, 1st Jumada al-Awwal 1448 AH will be on Tuesday, October 13.
With the beginning of the new Islamic month, the dates of religious and daily affairs will also be determined according to the lunar calendar in Pakistan. The dates of Islamic months are determined based on the sighting of the moon, so their beginning may differ from the dates of the Gregorian calendar.
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