Eid: The moon has a special significance in Islam. Because any religious work starts only after seeing the moon. According to the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal month in the tenth month of the year. In Hinduism, Kaal or time is calculated on the movement of the Sun, while in Islam, on the movement of the Moon. That's why the Hijri calendar is moon based. Moon based calendar This day increases every year by ten-eleven days which is celebrated after the end of the month of Ramadan.
In Islam, which is called Muslim religion, the calendar is fixed on the sighting of the moon. According to Muslim believers, when Muhammad returned from Mecca to Medina, the Hijri calendar was the beginning of the Islamic calendar. He had fixed the number of days and months when the moon was sighted or not. It was officially started during the time of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khatab, according to Hafiz Muhammad Aslam. He told that Muhammad had gone from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD and since then the Islamic calendar had started.
On the question of why Eid is celebrated only at the end of Ramadan, Hafiz Mohammad Soeb Ansari says that the ninth month of Hijri calendar is of Ramzan. Muslims keep fasting for thirty days in this month and ask for blessings from Allah Ta'ala above. This month is celebrated with great pomp.
According to Mohammad Soeb, the month of Shawwal begins with the end of Ramadan. The Islamic calendar is based on the movement of the moon. The month of Shawwal (the ninth month of the Hijri calendar) also begins with the sighting of the moon. According to Mohammad Soeb, the sighting of the moon signifies the end of the month of Pak Ramadan and the beginning of a new month. That is why Eid is celebrated by seeing the moon in the joy of the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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