Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!news.eunet.fi!katto.kaapeli.fi!jmantyla From: jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) Newsgroups: sfnet.harrastus.dx-kuuntelu Subject: Ramadan alkaa Date: 31 Jan 1995 07:57:17 GMT Organization: Kaapelisolmu, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland Lines: 43 Message-ID: <3gkqgt$1s7@idefix.eunet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: katto.kaapeli.fi X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] RAMADAN ALKAA Islamilaisten pyhä kuukausi Ramadan alkaa tänään tai huomenna. Päivisin muslmimit paastoavat, mutta yöllä juhlitaan. Siksi radioasemilla on pidennettyjä lähetyksiä, erityisesti Indonesia, IVY-maat, Pakistan, Afrikka voivat tarjota yllätyksiä. -jm- ---- klip--- klip--- From: barrak@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Mohammed F. Hadi) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Ramadan Starting Date Date: 16 Jan 1995 17:03:55 GMT Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder This year Ramadan will start on January 31 or February 1 so expect extended broadcasting hours from Islamic countries during that month. Also during the last 10 days of the month of Ramadan there will be further broadcasting extensions to cover the Qiam prayers which are performed between midnight and 2 am local time. Every year Ramadan starts around 12 days earlier than the year before so next year it will start around January 20. Nicholas Rian Grace wrote: > >When will the Day of Ead (final day of Ramadan when the fasting ends)? I'm afraid you cannot tell which day the Ead is until the 29th night of Ramadan. That's when each country decides if Ramadan should be 29 days or 30 days subject to whether or not the moon is spotted at a certain time. Almost all Islamic countries opted against the scientific approach and preferred the more traditional way of actually spotting the moon, an approach that is easily affected by an overcast sky. My best bet for the Ead Day this year is March 3, give or take a day or two. By the way, the Day of Ead is not the final day of Ramadan. It's the day following the last day of Ramadan. Mohammed F. Hadi