Bohri Muslims from the Bohra community offer Ramazan Id-Ul-Fitr Namaaz at 6 am at Dhokali Masjid on Ghodbunder Road in Thane on March 19, 2026 | Photo credit: ANI
Id-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated on Saturday (March 21, 2026) across the country except Kerala as the moon was not sighted this evening.
Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad told PTI that the mosque’s Ruet-e-Hilal committee contacted many places and was informed that the moon was not sighted.
Id will be celebrated in the country on Saturday (March 21, 2026), he said. However, the festival will be celebrated in Kerala on Friday (March 20, 2026).
The Shawwal moon was sighted at Chettippadi in Parappanangadi, said clerics in Kerala.
After the sighting of the crescent moon, prominent clerics including Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangala, Sayyid Jifri Muthukkoya Thangala, Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar and Sayyid Ibrahim Khaleelul Bukhari announced that Friday will be the first day of Shawwal celebration to mark the celebration of I.
Describing Id as a festival of brotherhood and harmony, Ahmad said: “On this occasion, we pray that brotherhood and harmony in the country continue to prosper and be strengthened by love.” Naib Shahi Imam of Delhi Jama Masjid Syed Shaban Bukhari also declared that the moon was not sighted and Id will be celebrated on March 21.
He said that Friday (March 20, 2026) will be the last day of Ramzan and the 30th day of fasting.
Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated around the world on different days and is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon, which is supposed to mark the beginning of the month of Shawwal in the lunar Islamic calendar.
This year the month of Ramzan had 30 days while last year it was 29 days.
According to the Islamic calendar, a month has 29 or 30 days, depending on the sighting of the moon.
During the month of Ramzan, people do not eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset.
Published – 20 March 2026 0:02 IST
