11/28/2008: The Chicago Hilal Committee has decided that tomorrow, Saturday, November 29 will be the 1st of Dhul-Hijjah based on an authentic moon sighting report from Port Charlotte, Florida. Dhul-Qadah, 1429 will end with 29 days and Dhul-Hijjah began tonight at Maghrib on Friday, November 28, 2008. The report was validated by several renowned scholars […]

The Chicago Hilal Committee did not receive any authentic moon sighting report from anywhere in North America on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (Shawwal 29, 1429). As such, Shawwal will complete its course of 30 days and Dhul-Qadah will begin at Maghrib on Thursday, October 30, 2008. The first day of Dhul-Qadah will be on Friday, […]

09/30/2008: 8:10pm: The Chicago Hilal Committee received an authentic moon sighting report from Port Charlotte, Florida. Nearly 10 men witnessed the hilal, including several scholars and huffaz. 7:55pm: We have contacted our representatives in the following areas and recieved the following information: City, State Time of Report Report Orlando, FL 7:05pm CDT Cloudy, No Sighting […]

09/01/2008: The Chicago Hilal Committee did not receive any authentic moon sighting report from anywhere in the United States on Sunday, August 31, 2008 (Shaban 29, 1429). As such, the committee concluded at 10:10pm CDT that Shaban would finish its cycle of 30 days and Ramadan would begin on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. InshAllah, the […]

Saturday night 08/02/2008 & Sunday 08/03/2006 is Shaban 1, 1429 – The Chicago Hilal Committee has confirmed that there was no moon sighting across the United States on Friday, August 1, 2008 (Rajab 29, 1429). Consequently, Rajab will complete its full cycle of 30 days and the the first day of Shaban will be on […]

Thursday night 07/03/2008 & Friday 07/04/2008 is Rajab 1, 1429 – The Chicago Hilal Team received authentic moon sighting reports from various locations in the Bay Area, California on Thursday, July 3, 2008 (Juma’ada al-Thani 29, 1429). Consequently, Juma’ada al-Thani will finish with 29 days and Rajab began at Maghrib on July 3, 2008. The […]

Wednesday night 06/04/2008 & Thursday 06/05/2008 is Juma’ada al-Thani 1, 1429 – The Chicago Hilal Team received authentic moon sighting reports from Chicago, Illinois, Atlanta, Georgia and Florida on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 (Juma’ada al-Awwal 29, 1429). Consequently, Juma’ada al-Awwal will finish with 29 days and Juma’ada al-Thani will begin at Maghrib on Wednesday, June […]

Tuesday night 05/06/2008 & Wednesday 05/07/2008 is Juma’ada al-Awwal 1, 1429 – The Chicago Hilal Team would like to welcome the month of Juma’ada al-Awwal. There were no valid reports of moon sighting anywhere in the United States. Consequently, Rabi-al-Thani completed its full cycle of 30 days, and Juma’ada al-Awwal began at Maghrib on May […]

Sunday night 04/06/2008 & Monday 04/07/2008 is Rabi-al-Thani 1, 1429 – The Chicago Hilal Team received an authentic moon sighting report from Austin, Texas on Sunday, April 6, 2008 (Rabi-al-Awwal 29, 1429). Consequently, Rabi-al-Awwal will finish with 29 days and Rabi-al-Thani will begin at Maghrib on Sunday, April 6, 2008. The first day of Rabi-al-Thani […]

Saturday night 03/08/2008 & Sunday 03/09/2008 is Rabi-al-Awwal 1, 1429 – The Chicago Hilal Team would like to welcome the month of Rabi-al-Awwal, 1429. There were no valid reports of moon sighting anywhere in the United States. Consequently, Safar completed its full cycle of 30 days, and Rabi-al-Awwal began at Maghrib on March 8, 2008. […]