Moon Sighting & the Islamic Calendar

The Majlistt recognises the Hijri calendar which operates within lunar cycles as the basis for signalling Islamic months and related significant events in the annual Islamic year.

Majlistt recognises that the use of the pure lunar system in the Islamic Hijri calendar – based on the sighting of the new moon crescent – has been the subject of difference of opinion amongst various Muslim communities locally and internationally, with particular recurring challenges of signal Islamic calendar events such as:

• Start of the month of Ramadan
• Celebration of Eid ul Fitr