2015 Eid-ul-Fitr prayers may probably be held on Friday 17th July.
Makkah Calendar reports:
Most countries of the world will be able to celebrate Eid al fitr 2015 on Friday, 17th July 2015, except a major part of Oceania and a few of the eastern-most countries of Asia. Unlike Ramadan 2015, it will not be possible to celebrate Eid ul Fitr 1436 on the same day in all parts of the world because of the visibility conditions of the crescent.
We invite you to take a look at the visibility curves for Shawwal 2015 (1436). You will notice that the Eid al-fitr moon will be born on Thursday, July 16 at 01:24 UTC. As it will be born nearly an hour and half after the day start (in UTC), there will be great chances of its visibility on the same day evening, (i.e. 16th July evening) in the countries belonging to the western part of the world. As can be seen in the visibility curve, there are good chances of direct Eid Crescent Visibility in the Polynesian islands and in many South American countries like Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, etc. Crescent visibility will be acquired in South America as well as in the whole of Northern America, all of Europe, all of Africa and in major parts of Asia before the Fajr prayer in the respective countries (the concept of extended visibility). Thus most parts of the world (except some countries of Asia and the major part of Oceania) will be able to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Friday, 17th July 2015. The remaining countries of Asia and the majority of the countries in Oceania will fast one day more and end Ramadan 2015 on the evening of 17th July. They will celebrate Eid ul-Fitr on 18th July 2015.
Below is the list of countries where Eid al-Fitr 2015 (1436) should be celebrated on 17th July 2015.
AFRICA [54]
- Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Burundi
- Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Comoros Congo Central African Republic
- DRC Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast
- Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi
- Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia
- Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sao Tome and Principe
- Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland
- Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
ASIA [38]
- Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia China (Western) East Timor India Iran Iraq
- Jordan Kazakstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon
- Malaysia Maldives Nepal Oman Palestine Pakistan
- Qatar Russia (Western) Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria
- Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan
- Vietnam Yemen
EUROPE [48]
- Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus
- Belgium Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus
- Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia
- Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy
- Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia
- Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway
- Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia
- Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
- Vatican City
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA [23]
- Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada
- Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic
- El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras
- Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia St Vincent Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago
- United States Of America
S. AMERICA [12]
- Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
OCEANIA [1]
- French Polynesia
Below is the list of countries where Eid al-Fitr 2015 (1436) should be celebrated on 18th July 2015.
ASIA [9]
- China (Eastern) Indonesia Japan South Korea North Korea
- Mongolia Philippines Russia (Central) Russia (Eastern)
OCEANIA [14]
- Palau Australia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands
- Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa
- Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
