EID MUBARAK

abuhakim · Senior Member

EID MUBARAK

bingiza · Guru

Peace be to you

I have a qustion though, why is it that the moon didnt show up when expected ? And we had to have our holiday on tuesday of all the days, next time have a fixed time table and make your holidays on mondays or fridays.

abuhakim · Senior Member

bingiza wrote:

Peace be to you

I have a qustion though, why is it that the moon didnt show up when expected ? And we had to have our holiday on tuesday of all the days, next time have a fixed time table and make your holidays on mondays or fridays.

That is a very good question. Well the Moon was born on Sunday at 7:14 am which means Eid was supposed to be on Monday, and the sighting time was between 18.17 and 18.40 that means by this time the Moon was 11:00hrs old. it is unlikely that the Moon can been seen when it is 11:00hrs old at least if it was 20:00hrs old we could have seen it.

There is a tradition of the Prothet which says that 'break the fast if you have seen the Moon with your owm eyes. otherwise if you can be told by some-one who is pious'! so that was the reason for the hesitation.

Mchawa

awmygawd · Guru

Aren't there any pious astronomers out there then? Something as simple as predicting a lunar phase should be a piece of cake this day and age. Is there any reason why eid isn't worked out that way?

-- Edited by awmygawd at 18:54, 2006-10-27

awmygawd · Guru

Oops! Double post. I've edited it out.

-- Edited by awmygawd at 17:45, 2006-10-27

abuhakim · Senior Member

Are you suggesting that Astronomers are always accurate, Should i prove to how inaccurate they are sometimes?

Mchawa

awmygawd · Guru

Of course they can't be correct about everything. If you're want to show of anything, show me a profession where the same doesn't apply. That said, we're not talking about high-end science here. Predicting phases of the moon is as basic as astrophysics gets. It's literally been done for millenia now.