Moon not sighted in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH (Web Desk) - Moon sighting Committee which met today has announced that Eid al Adha will fall on Thursday September 24. Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that Eid al-Adha, one of two important religious holidays observed by Muslims around the world, will start on Thursday, September 24, a day earlier than expected.

The announcement was made after the kingdom’s official moon-sighting body watched for the Dhul Hijjah crescent, which is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar.

The Islamic lunar calendar depends on sightings of the moon – a practice which can at times prove difficult.