UAE News: Ramadan 2021 estimated to start on April 13

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Saudi Arabia has announced that Shaban crescent was not sighted in the Kingdom. Accordingly, Sunday March 14 will be the last day of the Hijri month Rajab and Monday March 15 will mark the first day of Shaban, local media reported.  Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3eClwbW  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #Muslims #Ramadan #SaudiArabia

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00:00Saudi Arabia has announced that the Sha'ban crescent was not sighted in the kingdom.

00:07Accordingly, Sunday, March 14th will be the last day of the Hijri month Rajab, and Monday,

00:13March 15th will mark the first day of Sha'ban, local media reported.

00:17Saudi authorities could not see the crescent because of the heavy dust and the sandstorm

00:21which is sweeping the country.

00:23Sha'ban is the last lunar month before Ramadan, and as a result, Muslims are able to determine

00:29when the first day of Ramadan will take place.

00:32Based on the last day of Sha'ban, Ramadan will probably start on April 13th, 2021, subject

00:39to moon sighting.

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