Indonesia's Ramadan 2026 start date finalized

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The Muslim population is about to celebrate the ninth month of the holy month of the Islamic calendarramadanThe start of Ramadan in 2026 is once again in the public spotlight. The Ministry of Religious Affairs, through the Indonesian Hijri Calendar 2026, has predicted.1447Islamic calendarFirst day of Ramadan, expected to fall on Wednesday, February 18 or Thursday, February 19, 2026. The Government's final official determination will be based onResults of the crescent observation meeting held at the end of the month in SherpangOK.

At the same time, the Indonesian organization Muhammadiyah has taken the lead in the development of a new organization based onGlobal harmonization of the origin of Siggi, determining the first day of Ramadan in 1447 to be Wednesday, February 18, 2026, with the criteria for its determination referenced to theAstronomical parameters for a lunar altitude of not less than 5 degrees and an angular distance from the Earth of 8 degreesThe timing of Ramadan, which is expected to begin in February in 2026, is also visualizedCharacteristics of the Hijri calendar as it advances from year to year. The date change in this calendar is based onSunset as a nodeIt is very different from the Gregorian calendar, which has zero local time as the first day and is based on the 24-hour cycle of the Earth's rotation.

There are also differences in the structure of the number of days in a month between the two calendars. The number of days in the 12 months of the Gregorian calendar ranges from 29 to 31, while the number of days in theThe number of days in each month of the Hijri calendar is fixed at 29 or 30 days. This difference in computational systems leads toThe total length of the year is shorter in the Hijri calendar than in the Gregorian calendar.This, in turn, makes all Islamic calendar months, including Ramadan, advance each year relative to the Gregorian calendar and rarely coincide with the start of Gregorian months.

There was a special occasion in 2025, however, when the yearThe first day of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar coincides with the start of the calendar month, falling on March 1The date is the date of the Central Commission for Doctrinal Exposition and Renewal of the Mohammedan Organization. This date was set by the Central Commission for Doctrinal Interpretation and Renewal of the Mohammedan Organization on the basis of the preciseAstronomical calculations and new moon observationsDetermined. It is for this reason that the Muslim populations of the Islamic Clerics Union of 2025 and the Muhammadiyah Organization were able to start the Ramadan fast on the same day, March 1st.

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