Eid 2024 Date in India: Eid Ul Fitr to Be Celebrated in Kerala and Ladakh on April 10, Rest of County on April 11

New Delhi, April 9: Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated in the country on Thursday except Kerala and Ladakh. Delhi’s Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad told PTI that the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of the mosque contacted many places and was informed that moon was not sighted. Therefore, Eid will be celebrated in India on Thursday and on Wednesday the 30th fast of Ramzan will be observed, he said.

Eid will, however, be celebrated across Kerala and in Leh and Kargil Wednesday. Muslim clerics in Kerala including Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal and Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar said the Shawwal moon was sighted and so Eid will be celebrated across the state on Wednesday. Former Imam of Shahi Jama Masjid Delhi Syed Ahmed Bukhari said there is no news of sighting of the moon of Shawwal. Eid 2024 Moon Not Sighted in India: Muslims To Celebrate Eid Ul Fitr in Country on April 11

“Contacts were made in different parts of India – Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal and Bihar, but the moon was not sighted anywhere,” he said. “Eid will be celebrated on Thursday, April 11,” Bukhari said. Lucknow’s Markazi Chand Committee also declared that Eid will be celebrated on April 11 as the moon has not been sighted this evening. Eid 2024 Date in India: Shawwal Crescent Not Sighted in Most Cities, Muslims To Observe 30th Roza on April 10; Celebrate Eid Ul Fitr on April 11

Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated across the world on different days and it is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon which is supposed to denote the start of the Shawwal month in the lunar Islamic calendar. It marks the end of the fasting month of Ramzan.