When Is Eid -Ul 朅dha

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Eid -Ul -Adha is one of the special festivals celebratedby Muslims
irrespective of the fact, that wherever a Muslim person is, the
festival of Eid -Ul -Adha is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm. This
year it isfalling on 6th November,2011.
Muslims celebrate the festival of Eid -Ul 朅dha in remembrance of
prophet Abraham抯 readiness to sacrifice his son Ishmael toGod. On Eid
-Ul 朅dha Muslims sacrifice their domestic animals, like goat, sheep,
cow, camel etc. This sacrifice of animals is made by Muslims to pay a
tribute toprophet Abraham, as he was ready to sacrifice his son but
God gave him a Sheep to sacrifice.
Eid -Ul 朅dha celebrations occur after the Hajj and the festival of Eid
-Ul 朅dha is celebrated on the tenth day of the last month of Islamic
year, Duhl- Hijja. Eid -Ul 朅dha is known through several names across
the world and this festival of sacrificeis celebrated for several days
in some areas of the country. It is seen that Muslims celebrate this
festival with great excitement no matter where they are.
Islamic month starts at end of the day, on the day when lunar crescent
comes into view after the new moon that can be seen with a naked eye.
It is seen that the observability depends on anumber of factors such
as:
*. Natural climatic conditions
*. Height of moon at the end of the day
*. Proximity of moon to the sun during sunset
*. The time between the sunset and moonset
*. Pollution level in the atmosphere
*. Accuracy of the eye of viewer
So the visibility of moon atany place on earth cannot be predicted in
advance and therefore this festival of Eid -Ul 朅dha is celebrated on
different days in several places all over the world.
Since the lunar calendar depicts the date of Eid -Ul 朅dha, it is seen
that every year Eid -Ul 朅dha occurs eleven days before the previous
years Eid -Ul 朅dha
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