Government Sets Eid To Fall On Sunday 10 July

Screenshot - The Isbat session for the determination of 1 Zulhijah as well as Eid Al-Adha by the Ministry of Religion on Wednesday (29/6/2022).

JAKARTA - The government has set 1 Zulhijah 1443 Hijri/2022 AD to fall on Friday, July 1. Thus, the celebration of Eid al-Adha falls on Sunday, July 10 after it was decided through the isbat assembly.

"By consensus, 1 Zulhijah 1443 Hijriah falls on Friday, July 1, 2022 AD," said Deputy Minister of Religion Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi as reported by Antara, Wednesday, June 29.

The Deputy Minister of Religion said that this decision was taken after considering the results of the reckoning of the new moon position and the rukyatul hilal report. Of the 86 points in 34 provinces monitoring the new moon, none of them reported seeing the new moon.

From the results of the presentation by the Unification Team for the Hijri Calendar of the Ministry of Religion, the height of the hilal in all parts of Indonesia is between 0 degrees 52 minutes to 3 degrees 13 minutes with an elongation angle of 4.27 degrees to 4.97 degrees.

While the new MABIMS criteria are used by the government in determining the beginning of the month, the elongation parameter must be at a minimum of 6.4 degrees and the physical disturbance of syafak light (twilight light) which is stated with a minimum altitude parameter of 3 degrees.

Thus, the height of the hilal on Wednesday did not meet the new criteria for MABIMS which became the government's guidelines. "The reckoning is above the horizon but has not fulfilled the MABIMS imkanul rukyat and the hilal report is also not visible," said Zainut.

With the stipulation of Eid al-Adha on July 10, there is a difference with the Central Leadership (PP) Muhammadiyah which states 10 Dzulhijah 1443 H or Eid al-Adha falls on Saturday, July 9 2022, which is stated in the Declaration Number 01/MLM/I.0/E/ 2022 concerning Determination of the Results of Hisab Ramadan, Shawwal, and Zulhijah 1443 H.

Muhammadiyah, which refers to the form of the hilal method, stated that the position of the moon in Indonesia was above the horizon on Wednesday afternoon. This means that the criteria for the Hilal Wujudul have been met.

The ISBAT session involved a number of community elements, starting from the Ambassador of Friendly Countries, the Chairperson of Commission VIII of the DPR, the Supreme Court, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) including the leadership of Islamic Organizations.