11:22 p.m
Saturday 16 July 2022
Books – Youssef Afifi:
Dr. Gad Al-Qadi, head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, revealed the date of the start of the new Hijri year 1444 AH, as the first of the month of Muharram 1444 AH will be astronomical on Saturday, July 30, 2022.
The Egyptian government has been following a policy for some time to postpone official holidays to the end of the week, and according to this matter, the Hijri New Year holiday may be postponed from Saturday, July 30 to Thursday of the same week.
Al-Qadi said, in a statement, that the crescent of the month of Muharram will be born immediately following the conjugation occurs at exactly 7:56 pm Cairo local time on Thursday, 29 Dhu al-Hijjah 1443 AH corresponding to 7/28/2022 (the day of sighting), according to the astronomical calculations that he performs. The Institute’s Sun Research Laboratory.
The head of the National Institute for Astronomical Research continued: It is noted that the new crescent will not be born yet at sunset on the day of sighting in the city of Cairo, as well as in the vast majority of Arab and Islamic capitals and cities.
He added: It is also noted that there is a period of time for the crescent to remain above the horizon following sunset on that day (the day of sighting) in some Arab and Islamic countries, although the pairing occurs in them following the sunset of that day, where the crescent sets following sunset of that day, and the period of stay is not considered. This is for pairing to occur following sunset that day.
Thus, Friday, July 29, 2022 AD, will complete the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1443 AH, and the first of Muharram 1444 AH will be astronomical on Saturday, July 30, 2022 AD.