Holiday moved, Delhi to celebrate Id tomorrow

Id-ul Fitr, which marks the culmination of the month of Ramzan, will be celebrated across the country, including Delhi, on Thursday. “Id-ul Fitr will be celebrated on Thursday as the moon was not sighted today,” imam of Delhi’s Fatehpuri Masjid, Mufti Mohammad Mukarram Ahmed, told PTI. As this lunar month was of 30 days, fasting by Muslims will automatically be over on July 7, the day on which Id will be celebrated. “Hence, the festival will be celebrated on Thursday,” the imam said. The Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, also announced that the Id will be celebrated on Thursday. Maulana Kalbe Sadiq of Lucknow Chand Committee too had declared that Id will be observed on Thursday. All Central government offices in the national capital will remain closed on Thursday for Id-ul Fitr. Accordingly, the holiday has been shifted to Thursday in place of Wednesday, as notified earlier, for all Central government administrative offices at Delhi or New Delhi, an order issued by the department of personnel of training said on Tuesday. For offices outside Delhi, the employees coordination committee or head of offices, where such committees are not functioning, can decide the date depending upon the decision of the state government concerned, it said.