Private schools in Lahore announce Eidul-Fitr holidays on Thursday, more than a week before the main Islamic festivity.
Eid vacations will be commemorated in the province capital from April 21 to April 24. On April 25th, all private educational institutions will reopen.
As Private schools in Lahore announce Eidul-Fitr holidays, meanwhile, the Punjab School Education Department has yet to announce the Eid holidays, and public sector employees are also waiting for an official declaration.
Earlier, local media reported that the cabinet division had begun working to approve the Eidul Fitr holidays, which are expected to be observed on April 22. According to reports, a proposal for 4-5 Eidul Fitr holidays will be given to the Prime Minister’s House, with the Premier making the final decision.
The festival is expected to take place on Saturday, April 22, 2023, according to the Ruet-e-Hilal Research Council. According to officials, the new moon will be born on April 20 at 9:13 a.m. Pakistani time, but there will be little possibility of seeing it because the age of the crescent on the evening of the 29th of Ramadan would be less than 10 hours.
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Eid al-Fitr or the Festival of Sweets is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha). The religious holiday is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan.
It falls on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar; this does not always fall on the same Gregorian day, as the start of any lunar Hijri month varies based on when the new moon is sighted by local religious authorities. The holiday is known under various other names in different languages and countries around the world. The day is also called Lesser Eid, or simply Eid.
