Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet in Peshawar Today for Ramadan Moon Sighting

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet in Peshawar today (Friday) for the Ramadan moon sighting. However, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has said there is little chance of sighting the Ramadan moon on Friday due to cloudy weather.

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet in Peshawar at 6:30 pm on February 28 to determine the start of the holy month. The committee’s chairman, Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, will preside over the meeting after the Asr prayer.

According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, zonal committees across the country will also convene separately to assess moon sighting reports. Religious scholars from various schools of thought will participate in the central session.

The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy conditions across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar, over the next 24 hours. “Due to cloudy weather, the chance of sighting the Ramadan moon is low,” the department said.

The PMD noted that at sunset, the moon’s age would be around 12 hours, with a moon-sun angular separation of about five degrees—factors that could further reduce visibility.