Astronomically first day of Eid on May 13: Qatar Calendar House
The Peninsula
Doha: According to astronomical calculations made by specialists at the Qatari Calendar House, Thursday, May 13, 2021 is the first day of the month of Shawwal and the first day of the blessed Eid al-Fitr of this year and that the corresponding Wednesday, May 12, 2021 is the completion of the blessed month of Ramadan 1442 AH.
The official decision about the beginning of Shawwal for this year remains within the competence of the Moon Sighting Committee of the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) in Qatar. Engineer Faisal Al-Ansari, Executive Director of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ansari Complex, stated that the crescent of the month of Shawwal for the year 1442 AH will be born on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 and that at 10 pm local time it is impossible to see the crescent on the evening of the investigation day in the sky of Qatar and the Arab and Islamic countries, because the crescent of the month of Shawwal was not born at sunset on the day of the investigation.
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