Jamadi-us-Sani new moon to be sighted on January 26

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has said that there is no chance of sighting the new moon of Jamadi-us-Sani, 1441 AH on the evening of January 25.

The new moon of Jamadi-us-Sani will born on the crossing conjunction on the evening of 25-01-2020, PMD said.

According to astronomical parameters there is no chance of sighting the new moon of Jamadi-us-Sani, 1441 AH on the evening of 25th Jan.

According to climate record, the weather expected fair or partly cloudy in most parts of the country on 25 Jan.

Thus, the new moon of Jamadi-us-Sani, 1441 AH will be sighted on the evening of January 26.

A meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee in connection with the sighting of the moon of Jamadi-us-Sani.

The meeting expects to hold on Saturday.

The meeting of Zonal and District Ruet-e-Hilal committees will also be held for collecting evidence in respect of sighting.

Noted that Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry in July last year recommended dissolution of the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.

He said with development of the sighting app ‘Ruet’, now sighting  is not an issue anymore.

On Friday night, Pakistan witnessed the first lunar eclipse of 2020 on night between Friday (January 10) and Saturday (January 11).

The lunar eclipse witnessed by Pakistan as well as different cities of Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa.