PMD predicts that Pakistan will see the moon in Ramadan 2023

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast on Monday that there is a strong possibility that the moon for Ramadan 2023 will sighted on the evening of March 22 (Wednesday).

The update was shared by the Met department’s Climate Data Processing Centre.

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This means the first of Ramadan is likely to fall on Thursday, March 23 in Pakistan.

According to the climate record, the weather is expect to fair and partly cloudy in most parts of the country during the Ramadan moon sighting time.

Earlier, chief meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz had told The News that the chances of the holy month of Ramadan falling on March 23 high. Therefore, the first fast was likely to observed on Thursday.

He had also said that the sky expected to remain clear so the moon could easily sighted.

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Meanwhile, the PMD had said last week that rainfall expected at the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

Muslims throughout Pakistan and the rest of the world observe the month of Ramadan annually. It is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn until dusk.