PB Nahdlatul Ulama Conveys Congratulations On Fasting Worship

Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board Yahya Cholil Staquf. (Between/PB NU)

JAKARTA - General Chairperson of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board Yahya Cholil Staquf or Gus Yahya congratulated all Muslims on Ramadan 1444 Hijri. "Welcome to Ramadan 1444 Hijri, welcome to the second century Nahdlatul Ulama," he said in Jakarta as quoted by Antara, Wednesday.

Yahya hopes that all Muslims will always get God's protection and help.

PBNU through the PBNU Falakiyah Institute conducted an initial period of Ramadan 1444 hijri on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The determination was based on the results of rukyatul hilal in a number of areas, on Wednesday (22/3).

The rukyatul hilal team has carried out rukyatul hilal bil fili at 50 locations that have been determined throughout Indonesia.

The results of observations from all monitoring points of the PBNU Falakiyah Institute were reported to PBNU which was then taken to the Isbat Session forum of the Ministry of Religion.

Based on data on the calculation of the Falak Institutional Falakiyah PBNU, the condition of the early hilal of Ramadan 1444 Hijriah is currently above the horizon, which is precisely +8 degrees 15 minutes 56 seconds.

Meanwhile, the conjunction or ijtimak month occurred on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 00:45 WIB.

Then, the location of the sunset is at a position of 0 degrees 32 minutes 56 seconds north of the west point, while the location of the hilal is at a position of 3 degrees 39 minutes 59 seconds north of the west point.

The position of the hilal is 3 degrees 6 minutes 23 seconds north of the sun tilted north with an elongation of 9 degrees 42 minutes 42 seconds. Meanwhile, the hilal length is 37 minutes 06 seconds.

Based on the same moral method, it is known that the smallest hilal parameters occurred in Merauke City, Papua Province with a height of mar'i of 7 degrees 15 minutes, the hilal elongation of Hakiki 8 degrees 21 minutes, and the hilal length above the horizon of 35 minutes 42 seconds.

The largest hilal parameters occurred in Lhoknga City, Aceh Province with a height of 9 degrees 5 minutes, an elongation of the hilal haki 8 degrees 32 minutes, and a long hilal above the horizon 31 minutes 42 seconds.