RAMADAN 1430 PRAYER TIMETABLE 

'Ayn Academy in consultation with Muslim scholars in the field, has developed a prayer timetable for the month of Ramadhan 1430. The hard copy of the calendar is being distributed. If you have not received a copy of the calendar or would like an A4 copy, you can print one HERE.

CRITERIA USED IN THE CALENDAR

LOCATION

Latitude: 34º 56' S

Longitude: 138º 35' E

Time Zone: Australia Central Standard Time ACST (Greenwich Mean Time + 9.5 hours) 

Source: Geoscience Australia, IslamicFinder

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Adelaide Metropolitan Area: View Map

Ideal Horizon: An ideal horizon exists when the surface forming the horizon is at a right angle to the vertical line passing through the observer's position on the earth. If the terrain surrounding the observer was flat and all at the same height above sea level, the horizon seen by the observer standing on the earth would approximate the ideal horizon.

Imsak: Is a period between possible and certain time for Fajr, and one should refrain from acts in this period that invalidate one's fast. Imsak ends at Fajr time.

Fajr: Is defined as the instant at true dawn (measured when the centre of the sun is at a depression angle of sixteen degrees (16°) below an ideal horizon).

Sunrise: Is defined as the instant in the morning under ideal meteorological conditions, with standard refraction of the sun's rays, when the upper edge of the sun's disk is coincident with an ideal horizon.

Dhuhr: Upon the sun declining from zenith (Zenith + 1 minute).

Zenith: Refers to the highest point reached by the sun during its apparent orbit around the Earth.

Asr [S]: When the nett length of the shadow of an object is equal to the object (excluding the original shadow at zenith). Used in the Shaf'i, Maliki and Hambali schools.

Asr [H]: When the nett length of the shadow of an object is twice the length of the actual object (excluding the original shadow at zenith). Used in the Hanfi school.

Maghrib: Upon Sunset

Sunset: Is defined as the instant in the evening under ideal meteorological conditions, with standard refraction of the sun's rays, when the upper edge of the sun's disk is coincident with an ideal horizon.

Isha: Is defined as the instant at the onset of night (measured when the centre of the sun is at a depression angle of eighteen degrees (18°) below an ideal horizon).

Qibla Time: The most accurate method for determining the Qibla direction is the Sun. Every day during Ramadan at the specified time of the day, the opposite of the sun shadow of an object directly faces the Qibla.

CRESCENT SIGHTING INFORMATION

Source: Australia National Crescent Sighting Coordination Centre

Ramadan (ACST):

Sighting Date: 21/08/2009

New Moon: 20/08/2009, 19:31

Sunset Time: 17:49

Moonset Time: 18:53

Moon Age At Sunset: 22h 18m

Shawwal (ACST):

Sighting Date: 19/09/09

New Moon: 19/09/2009, 4:14

Sunset Time: 18:10

Moonset Time: 18:49

Moon Age At Sunset: 13h 56m 

Images by Haseeb Rizvi and Ahmed Skaka.

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