Ministry Of Religion: The Position Of The Hilal Eid Al-Fitr Has Been Seen By Hisab During The Isbat Session

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) stated that the position of the new moon has been seen by Hisab during the Isbat trial for the determination of 1 Shawwal 1443 H or Eid 1443 H on Sunday, May 1.

The Director General of Islamic Guidance at the Ministry of Religion, Kamaruddin Amin, said that at that time the hilal position had met the latest MABIMS criteria (Ministers of Religion of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore).

Kamaruddin stated that the position of the hilal in Indonesia had reached a height of 4 degrees 0.59 minutes to 5 degrees 33.57 minutes on 29 Ramadan 1443 H or May 1, 2022. Meanwhile, the elongation angle of the new moon has reached between 4.89 degrees to 6.4 level.

"This means, by reckoning, on that day the position of the early Shawwal hilal in Indonesia has been included in the new criteria for MABIMS," said Kamaruddin Amin in his statement, Monday, April 25.

According to the latest MABIMS criteria, the new crescent position is deemed to meet the requirements, if the new moon has reached a minimum height of 3 degrees with an elongation angle of 6.4 degrees. Previously, the MABIMS criteria only stipulated a minimum height of 2 degrees with an elongation angle of 3 degrees.

"The position of the hilal of Shawwal will be presented by the Hijriyah Calendar Unification Team, who will then wait for rukyat reports from all over Indonesia," explained Kamaruddin.

While the reckoning method is used as initial information, then the results of the hilal observation will later be used to confirm the reckoning results and criteria.

"The merging of the results of the two will be discussed at the ISBAT session," concluded the Professor of Hadith Sciences at UIN Alauddin Makassar.

For information, the Ministry of Religion itself will hold an isbat meeting to determine Eid Al-Fitr 1443 H at the HM Rasjidi Auditorium of the Ministry of Religion. Like the previous year, the isbat trial process will use the method of astronomical calculation or reckoning and rukyatul hilal or hilal observation at 99 location points throughout Indonesia.

Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicted that 1 Shawwal 1443 H or Eid al-Fitr 1443 H/2022 AD could potentially fall on 2 May 2022.

In his official statement, the Head of the Center for Technical Seismology, Potential Geophysics and BMKG Time Signs, Rahmat Triyono, revealed that from the calculation data (hisab) for the early hilal of Shawwal 1443 H or May 1, 2022, conjunction (Ijtimak) at the beginning of the month of Shawwal 1443 H in Indonesia occurred before the sun. sunset on Sunday 1 May 2022 M, at 03.27 WIT or 04.27 WITA or 05.27 WIT.

Meanwhile, the earliest sunset occurred in Merauke (Papua) at 17.29 WIT and the latest at 18.45 WIB in Sabang, (Aceh). The height of the new moon at sunset ranges from the lowest of 3.79⁰ in Merauke (Papua) to the highest of 5.57⁰ in Sabang (Aceh).

This means, said Rahmat, if the new moon is seen on May 1, 2022, then Eid Day will fall on May 2, 2022.

"Based on these data, the observation of Rukyat Hilal on May 1, 2022 has the potential to be seen (observed), but it depends on weather conditions during observations at each observation location," said Rahmat in his statement, Sunday, April 24.