Indonesian Government Set Eid falls on Monday, June 28, 2014

See the new moon of Eid 2014
See the new moon of Eid 2014
Hearing about 1 Syawal 1435 H or Eid 2014
Government through the Minister of Religious Affairs, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin set 1 Syawal 1435 H or Eid 2014, falls on Monday (28/07/2014).

This decision was taken after the government held a hearing about Shawwal 1435 H in the Office of Religious Affairs, Jalan MH Thamrin, Jakarta, Sunday (07/27/2014) evening.

Determination of 1 Shawwal is done through observation of the young crescent moon (hilal) in accordance with the MUI fatwa No. 2 Year 2004 concerning the establishment of Shawwal and Dhu al-Hijjah is based methods rukyatul Hilal and Hisab by the Indonesian Government.

"It was reported earlier, that everything, based on a count of reckoning stated that the position of the moon at an altitude of no more than 2 degrees. Fact, some of the above 3 degrees," said Minister of Religious Affairs in his press conference.

According to him this is based on a report that the implementation of the new moon rukyat held at 111 points, across the country.

It was reported that there were at least 9 people from 3 different points namely Gresik, Pelabuhan Ratu, and Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi.

The nine people who claimed to have witnessed this, see the new moon.

"So on the basis of these reports, the participants agreed to establish 1 Syawal 1435 H falls on the day tomorrow, Monday, July 28, 2014," said Minister of Religion.

Early in the exposure position Hilal of Shawwal 1435 H, Cecelia Nurwendaya, Rukyat Reckoning Team members from Jakarta Planetarium explained in circulation around the earth and the sun, the moon is exposed to sunlight constantly changing.

When the moon has the same ecliptic longitude of the sun, there will be a conjunction (ijtima) is characterized by the disappearance of the moon when viewed from Earth.

Shortly after the conjunctions, moon shift and a small portion of the moon began to sunlight. At that moment, from the earth will look very thin crescent.

And he explained, conjunctions (ijtima) this month occurred on Sunday (27/07/14) at 5:42 pm.

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