BREAKING: Saudi Arabia Announces Eid-el-Fitr 2024

The Saudi Arabia Kingdom has announced that the 2024 Eid-il-Fitr celebration will be on Wednesday, April 10.

This is the kingdom said the new crescent moon could not be sighted on Monday, suggesting that Ramadan would be 30 as against 29, which was earlier speculated.

Saudi Arabi has announced that the crescent moon was not sighted, and therefore, Wednesday, April 10, would be the day for the celebration of Eid-il-Fitr, while Ramadan will end on Tuesday, April 9.

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This was disclosed in a tweet by Haramain, one of the leading media in Saudi Arabia.

The tweet reads in part: “May Allāh ﷻ allow us to utilise the remaining moments of this blessed month to engage in that which pleases Him, may He accept our siyām, qiyām & a’māl & may He allow us to witness many more Ramadāns in good health. Āmīn.” 

Saudi’s chief astronomer Abdullah Al-Khudairi had earlier said it would be difficult for the crescent moon to be sighted on Monday because of cloudy conditions in the kingdom.