It is anticipated that Ramadan will begin on March 23.
On Wednesday, March 22, which is the same day as the 29th of Shaban, there is a good chance that the moon will be seen.
KARACHI: The first day of fasting is most likely to fall on March 23 due to the high likelihood that the moon will be visible for the holy month of Ramazan on Wednesday, March 22, which corresponds to the 29th of Shaban.
The ‘birth’ of the Ramazan moon will take place this year on March 21 at 11:13 pm and will be visible on the evening of March 22, when the sunset in Karachi will be at 6:43 pm, according to Professor Dr. Shahid Qureshi, a renowned astronomer and former chairman of the Department of Astrophysics and Planetary Science at the University of Karachi.
The crescent moon, he added, will set at 7:30 p.m. and will be visible for 47 minutes at the same time.
It should be noted that the crescent will be 19 hours and 30 minutes old at the time of sunset, 10 degrees above the horizon, and that just 0.9 percent of the moon will be lighted despite the moon being only 382,000 kilometres away from the earth.
According to Dr. Qureshi, in light of these findings, it will be simple to see the crescent on the evening of March 22 using binoculars from southern Pakistan, including Karachi and Gwadar, but difficult to observe such a crescent without them.
Additionally, he stated that if the first fast is kept on March 23, there is no chance of viewing the Eid moon on the evening of Ramadan 29, but if it is kept on March 24, the Eid moon will be clearly visible that night.