Eid 2019 Date India, Pakistan, Bangladesh: The Shawwal moon is sighted in India and Pakistan and hence Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday June 05, 2019, it is announced today.
A meeting of central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was held in Karachi, Pakistan under the chairmanship of Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman for the Shawwal moon sighting. The announcement regarding moon sighting was made by Mufti Muneeb after testimonies were received from different parts of the country.
Reports of moon sighting poured in soon after Maghrib prayers from all parts of India including Malegaon, Dhule, Mumbai and Aurangabad in Maharashtra, Hyderabad and Secundrabad in Telangana, Guwahati in Assam, Kolkata in West Bengal, Faizabad and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Katiyar and Purnea in Bihar.
Eid al Fitr in Bangladesh will be celebrated on thursday June 06 as the new moon could not be seen in the country Tuesday.
