When does Ramadan Start according to "makkahcalendar.org"?

Moonsighting for Ramadan 1434

The beginning of the month of Ramadan 1434 H. is on Tuesday, July 09 in most regions of the worldThe Juristic Committee of the Institution of His Eminence, the Religious Authority (Lebanon), Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, announced.

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The Astronomical New Moon is on July 8, 2013 (Monday) at 7:14 UT. On July 8, it can not be seen any continent, but it is possible to be seen in Polynesian Islands.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, it can be seen in Australia, most Africa and all Americas. On July 9, with diffuculty, it can be seen in Southern India, Middle East, and Northern Africa. (See visibility)

Sighting Reports

The earliest reported sighting of the new crescent was on July xx, 2013 from ...................

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Monday, 8 July 2013:

No Sighting Reports are expected

 

 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013:  

OFFICIAL 1st Day of Ramadan in Different Countries

Tuesday, 9 July 2013:

France - Altitude > 5°, elongation > 8° [http://www.lecfcm.fr/?p=3314] Malaysia - Age > 8 hours, altitude > 2°, elongation > 3° Tunisia - Criteria of age, or altitude, or sunset-moonset lag Turkey - Altitude > 5°, elongation > 8° USA - Fiqh Council of North America/Islamic Society of North America. The criteria are Moon must be born before Sunset in Makkah, and moonset after sunset in Makkah. Wednesday, 10 July 2013: Egypt - Moon Born before sunset & moon sets at least 5 minutes after sunset Thursday, 11 July 2013:

Ramadan 2013 [ramzan 2013]

Important Announcement about starting Ramadan 2013 [ Ramadan 1434 / Ramzan 2013 (1434)] fasting

Ramadan 2013 should be started on Tuesday, 9^th July, 2013 in whole Americas and some countries of the Africa because extended visibility of the crescent can be established there. Rest of the world should start Ramadan 2013 on Wednesday, 10^th July 2013. Please see below the list of countries arranged as per the start date of the Ramadan 2013. Please click here to understand why some countries should start Ramadan 2013 on 9^th July 2013 while others on 10^th July 2013. We have also plotted extended visibility for various countries on Google Maps which can be viewed by clicking here.

9^th July 2013 - Following countries should start Ramadan 2013 on Tuesday, 9^th July 2013 - [Why?]

  AFRICA (27)

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast

• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Sao Tome
  and Principe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Swaziland
• Togo

  N. AND CENTRAL AMERICA (23)

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Canada
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Haiti

• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the
  Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United States
  Of America

  S. AMERICA (12)

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

  OCEANIA (1)

• French Polynesia

10^th July 2013 - Following countries should start Ramadan 2013 on Wednesday, 10^th July 2013 - [Why?]

  AFRICA (27)

• Algeria
• Burundi
• Central African
  Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo, Democratic
  Republic of
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Niger
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

  ASIA (44)

• Afghanistan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma (Myanmar)
• Cambodia
• China
• East Timor
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakstan
• Korea, North
• Korea, South
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• Oman
• Palestine
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russian Federation
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

  EUROPE (47)

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Vatican City