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On January 14, the Supreme Judiciary Council of Saudi
Arabia announced a change in its earlier statement, that the
standing at Arafat will be on January 19 and Eid ul Adha on January
20.
Moon sighting on January 10 was astronomically ruled out in Saudi Arabia. The new moon was born at 12:03 Universal Time on January 10 and was only 3 hours old in Saudi Arabia. It set 3 minutes before the sunset. Therefore, sightability on January 10 was totally impossible. ISNA stands by its earlier decision that Eid ul Adha in North America will, insha'Allah, be on Friday, January 21, as announced earlier. ICNA's Announcement: Alhamdulillah, Dhul Hijjah moon has been sighted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005. Therefore, Eid ul Adha will be on Friday, January 21, 2005. |
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Dhul-Hijja 1425: A KACST (King Abdul Aziz College of Science & Technology) delegation interviewed the 2 persons who claimed to see the Hilaal in Saudi for Dhul Hijjah and they found both of them were more than 80 years old Sighting Reports for Dhul-Hijjah 1425
January 10, 2005 (Monday):
Impossible to see anywhere on earth, except Chilie, South America and Polynesian Islands!
No sighting reports have been received from anywhere.
Muhammad Hafiz (Moonsighting.com member) from Opa Locka, Florida reporetd: Not Seen
I tried to observe the Hilaal on Monday 10th January, 2005 in Opa-Locka, Florida USA after sunset. The
horizon was completely clear and no Hilaal was observed.
Abdul Sattar Ridhan (Moonsighting.com member) from San Jose reported: Not Seen
No moon was sighted here in the San Francisco Bay Area today, weather was not that good cloudy and rain.
January 11, 2005 (Tuesday):
Gulam Qutbuddin Siddiqui from Sydney, Australia reported: Seen
Dr Shabbir Ahmed, Imam of Rooty Hill Mosque who is on Hajj this year has asked me to inform Moonsighting.com regarding moon sighting this year. Alhamdulillah the Hilal was physically sighted in Sydney on Tuesday 11/1/05.
Thus month of Dhul Hajj 1425 Hijri starts on 12/1/05 and inshAllah Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated here on Friday 21/1/05 (10 Dhul-Hajj 1425 Hijri)
Mohamad ibnu Maleki
My ustaz and his friends at Pontian beach,Pontian and my friend and I besides Masjid Sultan Abu Bakar,Johore Bahru have seen the cresent of Dhulhijjah. So that, we'll celebrate 'Idul Adha on Friday, 21st January 2005.
Alee from Phuket (Moonsighting.com member) from Thailand reported: Seen
I saw newmoon for Dhul-Hijjah on Tuesday 11 Jan 2005; alhamdulillah.
Amir Hayat reported: Seen
I just read in the Jang Newspaper of Pakistan that moon has been sighted in Pakistan on Tuesday, 01/11/05, so Wednesday is 1st of Dhul Hajjah and Eid will be on the 21st January.
Dr, Sayyid Syeed reported that a Pakistan News Agency has the following: Seen
QUETTA, Jan 11: Zilhaj moon was sighted here on Tuesday evening and Eid-ul-Azha will fall on Friday, Jan 21. This was announced by Ruet-i-Hilal Committee. -APP
Hussain Khushaish (Moonsighting.com member) from Kuwait reported: Seen
In Kuwait, on Tuesday 11 Jan 2005 I could sight the the crescent. First my friend Shaikh Sadek Boabbas saw the crescent with 10*50 binocular at 17:06, then I saw it with my 20*60 binocular at 17:07, that's 1 minute before our local sunset which was at 17:08 .....( He saw it before me for his wide range bino & may be his keen sight). Then he saw it with naked eyes at 17:14 & I saw it at 17:15 until 18:05 with naked eyes & 18:06 with with bino where it disappeared behind the glare of flood light 7 minutes before our local moonset at 18:13. All the member of the group of 7 persons saw the crescent with naked eyes.
Samy Khadem-Al-Charieh (Moonsighting.com member) from Berlin, Germany reported: Not Seen
The weather is bad so there will be no sighting possible today. The sky is full of clouds and especially in the west direction.
Sharief Guman from Amsterdam, The Netherlands reported: Not Seen
Moon (for Zil-Hijj) NOT SEEN in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 11 January 2005.
Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti (Moonsighting.com Member) from Oxford, UK reported: Not Seen
Negative sighting. On the 29th day of the preceding lunar month, at the usual site, I tried, alone, to sight the expected new crescent. Unfortunately, conditions were very poor in Oxford: it was raining and the horizon was too overcast. The difference between the moon and sunset [tafawut al-nayrayn] had already been determined to be approximately 64 minutes. I prayed Maghrib and waited until the moonset [ghurub al-hilal], hoping that the horizon might improve but did not. I received news after the attempted local sighting that the responsible body in Malaysia dealing with moon sighting (the Keeper of the Royal Seals for the Sultans), for example, has declared that the Dhu l-Hijja moon was sighted after Maghrib there. This news is sufficient to establish [thubut] the Dhul-Hijja moon for us in the UK so that tomorrow (the 12th of January), is the 1st of Dhu l-Hijja; by default, following the general rule in fiqh for this case: whenever the crescent is sighted during the night in question in the East, its sighting in the West follows, but not the other way round. Hence, 'Id al-Adha should fall here on Friday, the 21st of January.
Rashid Motala (Moonsighting.com member) from Signal Hills, South Africa reported: Seen
The Hilaal for Dhul Hijjah was sighted this evening. Empangeni on the east coast north of Durban was the first to report.
Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti (Moonsighting.com Member) reported: Seen in Morocco
Moon sighting was made in Meknes (and in numerous other cities in Morocco). This has been conveyed to me by a a trusted Muwaqqit working there. He also confirmed that the Office of the Chief Qadi of Morocco has declared that 'Id al-Adha will be on Friday in the Morocco (Maghreb).
Sultan Hafiz (Moonsighting.com member) Imam of Rose Hall Town Masjid from Guyana reported: Seen
Hilaal was easily seen after sunset on Tuesday 11th January, 2005 at 6:05 PM (Guyana Time).
Imam Azher (Moonsighting.com member) from Fort Myers, Florida reporetd: Seen
I and two other brothers saw the moon tonight, Januuary 11, 2005.
Muhammad Hafiz (Moonsighting.com member) from Opa Locka, Florida reporetd: Seen
I tried to observe the Hilaal on Tuesday 11th January, 2005 in Opa-Locka, Florida USA after sunset. The horizon was completely clear and the Hilaal was observed at 6:10 PM. The entire lunar disc could be slightly seen with the Hilaal horns pointing in a direction of 1 o'clock to 8 o'clock.
Ruth Jeffery (Moonsighting.com member) from Houston TX reported: Seen
Despite slightly cloudy skies, the new moon was clearly sighted at 6:44 p.m. on Tuesday, January 11.
Gary Peterson (Moonsighting.com member) from Mesa Arizona reported: Seen
I was able to see the young with binoculars today at 4:40 PM MST from Mesa, Arizona which was about an hour before local sunset. I was able to keep it in view until clouds rolled in. You could tell it the moon because when I held it in view it stayed in view and I could also watch some of the clouds role by so I knew it was not a wisp of a cloud. The moon also had the same declination at the sun at 3:56 MST. That way I knew to look for the moon where the sun had been about an hour and a half earlier since it was a day and a half old.
Paul Burnham (Moonsighting.com member) from Chino Valley, Arizona reported: Seen
I am pleased to report that the new moon was observed visually on January 11from Chino Valley AZ at 1751 MST. The weather had amazingly changed from downpour to broken clouds to clear in the 90 minutes preceding the observation.
Mohamed Lotfy from Aurora, Colorado reported: Seen
Saw the moon (Hilal) of Dhul-Hijja from Aurora Colorado on Januray 11th 2005. I also took 2 pictures of the new moon; the first one is at 5:13 pm and the second one at 5:35 pm.
Shagufta Ahmad Qadri and her husband Parwez Zia Qadri from San Jose, California reported: Seen
We saw the crescent very clearly in the western horizon at 5:50 PM PST.
She also reported that Syeda Zilla Huma Qadri and her 5 year old son Abdullah Qadri from Hayward, California saw the crescent very clearly in the western horizon. Also Bushra Chaudhry Qadri sighted the crescent in the same city.
Sharaaz Khan Qadri from Sacramento, California reported: Seen
The moon was sighted between the clouds today at about 6:10 PM on Jan 11 despite the heavy cloud cover about 25-30 degrees above the horizon towards the left of the sunset (south west of the sunset). My wife (Fatima Sharaaz), son (Yaseen Khan -11 years), and daughter (Sahar Khan - 6 years) all sighted the moon with clarity. The top tip of the cresent was at 2 o'clock and the bottom tip was at 7 o'clock.
Dr. Youssef Ismail (Moonsighting.com member) from San Francisco, CA reported: Seen
I am reporting that the new moon of Dhul-Hijjah has been positively sighted
by myself and one other adult male this evening at 5:05 pm from Windy Hill
Open Space Preserve, as usual. Initial sighting had the moon's limbs at
about 2 O'clock (upper limb) and 6 O'clock (lower limb) and possibly about 8
to 10 fingers above the horizon or more. I waited to photograph it after
Maghrib at 5:30 pm. Photo will be sent shortly.