The holy month of Ramadan will likely commence on Saturday, May 27th, 2017 Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday. Correspondingly, the last day of Ramadan is likely to be June 24, and Eid Al Fitr will be on June 25, subject to moon sighting. However, the moon was not sighted Thursday evening, the Saudi Arabia’s High Judicial Court announced that the moon was not sighted on Thursday evening, and will convene on Friday evening for moon sighting again.
This is unprecedented, as a lunar month can only be 29 or 30 days, and according to the Saudi Umm al-Qura calendar cited by the court, Thursday was the 29th of Shaban, the last lunar month before Ramadan. With this development, astronomers believe that the new Ramadan moon will be visible on Friday around the world, either directly with the naked eye or with a telescope.
Although Ramadan is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year, since the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar and the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar. This difference means Ramadan moves ahead in the Gregorian calendar by approximately 11 days every year.
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