Web Desk (August 12, 2018): The Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced the first of Eid Al Adha as August 21 after the Zul Hijjah moon was sighted on Saturday evening.
Zil Hajj is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. It is the month in which the Hajj pilgrimage takes place.
The total number of pilgrims, who have arrived, in the Kingdom hover above 1,221,463 by Friday, an increase of 70,348 pilgrims compared to last year Hajj season, according to the Passports’ Directorate statistics.
Pilgrims arriving by air constituted the majority with as many as 1,148,400 pilgrims and while land routes arrival was 59,448, the seaborne arrivals numbered only 13,311 pilgrims.
Therefore, the Day of Arafat will fall on Monday, August 20.
According to reports, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and Greece officially announced that first day of Zul Hijjah will be August 13, hence Eid Al Adha – which falls on the tenth day of Zul Hijjah – will be on August 22.
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