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Aug 21 2009

Ramadan: Fasting Month Starts on 22 August 2009

Posted by Chan Kelwin in Interesting Findings, tags:

I was just wondering when the fasting month will start. I have asked a few people but no one was certain of the date. Anyway, it was announced yesterday that Ramadan will be starting on 22/08/2009.

The quote below was taken from the MK article that I read:

Muslims in Malaysia will begin the Ramadan fast on Saturday, Aug 22.

The Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal, Engku Tan Sri Ibrahim Engku Ngah, announced over TV1 on today night that the date was fixed with the consent of the rulers. – Bernama

Immediately, the phrase “today night” caught my attention. Today night? I seldom (almost never) come across that phrase. I had to check with Google to get a confirmation.

This English forum post pointed out that “today night” is wrong. Instead, it should have been “tonight”. Even then, the word “on” before that phrase should have been omitted.

TheStar article used “Thursday night” instead.

So, who’s to blame? MK or Bernama?

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2 Responses to “Ramadan: Fasting Month Starts on 22 August 2009”
  1. Sapawi says:
    August 21, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Hi Chan Kelwin. I admit that I’m not a good English speaker. In this post you informed me about the first day of Ramadhan.

    Yes it is true that the fasting month starts on August 22 2009. I bet you are Chinese and Chinese also uses lunar calendar just like Muslims who use Hegira Calendar.

    Just to be exact (maybe you already know about this), Fasting month of Ramadhan actually starts on August 21 2009 (Ramadhan 1 1430) because in Hegira calendar, the new day starts when the Maghrib prayer time (during the dusk) has come while in the Gregorian Calendar the new day changes around 5 hours later.

  2. Chan Kelwin says:
    August 26, 2009 at 1:30 am

    Hi Sapawi. I didn’t know about the calendar and time differences. Thanks for that info. Selamat berpuasa.

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