{"id":772,"date":"2026-05-12T08:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=772"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:50:06","slug":"eid-ul-azha-likely-on-may-27-suparco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"Eid-ul-Azha likely on May 27: Suparco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eid-ul-Azha in Pakistan is expected to fall on May 27, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) said on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a press release, the commission said that the new moon of Zilhajj 1447 AH is expected to be born on May 17 at 1:01am.<\/p>\n<p>The same day, the new moon will be about 18 hours and 30 minutes old, with an estimated 60-minute gap between sunset and moonset along Pakistan\u2019s coastal regions, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Suparco said that based on these astronomical data, the chances of sighting the Dhul-Hijjah moon on the evening of May 17, 2026, are considered favorable, provided the weather remains clear and visibility near the horizon is good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/news\/40417419\/eid-ul-adha-minister-orders-spa-to-ensure-all-arrangements\">Eid-ul-Adha: Minister orders SPA to ensure all arrangements<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccordingly, 1st Dhul-Hijjah 1447 AH is expected to fall on Monday, May 18, 2026, marking the end of the month of Dhul-Qa\u2019dah.<\/p>\n<p>Eid al-Azha is likely to be observed on May 27.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, it said, the final decision regarding the sighting of the Dhul-Hijjah moon and the commencement of the new Islamic month will be made by Pakistan\u2019s Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eid-ul-Azha in Pakistan is expected to fall on May 27, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) said on Tuesday. In a press release, the commission said that the new moon of Zilhajj 1447 AH is expected to be born on May 17 at 1:01am. The same day, the new moon will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}