INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Leavement (PMD) Friday predicted that the Ramazan moon shall likely be sighted on the evening of May
6. The department further said, the new moon of Ramazan, 1440 AH shall be born on crossing conjunction point at 03:45 Pakistan Standard Time
(PST) on May 5.The moon shall be sighted on the evening of Monday, May 6 and the holy month of Ramazan is expected to start on May
.7According to the astronomical parameters, there is no chance of sighting of the new moon on the evening of May 05, i.e.29 Shaaban, the met
office said.&The new moon shall be 15 hours and 18 minutes old by the time sun sets on Sunday May 05 in Pakistan, and it shall be only seven
degrees above the horizon,& an expert said.&It means, there shall be no chance of sighting the Ramazan moon in Pakistan on May 05.& The sun
shall set on 7:04 pm on Monday and the crescent could be sighted till 7:33 pm, met office said.The weather is expected fair or partly cloudy
in most parts of the country, according to the climate record.Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East, however, shall be able to
see the moon on May 05 and hold the first fast of the holy month on May 06. South Asian neighbors Bangladesh, India and other countries in
Asia and Africa shall also sight the Ramazan moon on May 06 like Pakistan.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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