The head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Taha Rabah, announced on Monday that the new moon of Shawwal will be visible immediately after the conjunction at 3:25 AM Cairo local time on Thursday, the 29th of Ramadan 1447 AH, corresponding to March 19 (the day of the sighting). “The new … The post NRIAG announces the date of the first day of Eid al-Fitr appeared first on Egypt Independent .