Dhul-Hijjah 1, 1432 is Friday, October 28, 2011. Eid al-Adha is Sunday, November 6, 2011.
The Chicago Hilal Committee would like to welcome the month of Dhul-Hijjah, 1432. There were multiple sightings in the Caribbean as well as California on Thursday, October 27, 2011 (Dhul-Qadah 29, 1432). We received confirmed reports from Barbados, Trinidad, and Los Angeles, CA. Consequently, Dhul-Qadah will finish with 29 days, and Dhul-Hijjah begins at Maghrib on Thursday, October 27, 2011. The 1st of Dhul-Hijjah is Friday, October 28, 2011.
9:00 pm:
More confirmed reports have been received from Los Angeles, California.
7:28 pm:
There have been multiple confirmed sighting reports from the Caribbean (particularly, Trinidad and Barbados.)
6:30 pm:
There have been no sighting reports from the east coast and midwest due to cloudy weather.
The Chicago Hilal Committee is meeting today, October 27, 2011 (Dhul-Qadah 29, 1432) to determine the start of Dhul-Hijjah. Dhul Hijjah 10, 1432 (Eid-ul-Adha) will be on either Sunday, November 6th or Monday, November 7th.