The Head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Gad al-Qady announced Tuesday that according to the astronomical calculations carried out by the Institute, the crescent of the month of Ramadan will be come immediately after the conjugation takes place at exactly 8:25 am Cairo local time on Friday April 1 (the day of moon-sighting).
The new crescent remains in the sky of Makkah and Cairo for 17 minutes after sunset on that day (the day of moon-sighting), and in the rest of the Egyptian governorates.
In Arab and Islamic capitals and cities, the new crescent will remain after sunset on that day for periods ranging from (10-25 minutes), and thus the astronomical beginning of Ramadan 1443 AH will be on Saturday April 2.
