puasa...?

bingung emang tiap taun selaluuu aja ada 2 pendapat soal kapan begin/end-nya bulan Ramadhan

tadi ngecek on various websites bout the moon phase..
dan emg ternyata new moon tu klo diliat dr amsterdam sini (Lat. N52.37;Long. E4.93--> bner ga ya? :P ) harusnya kmaren at 1.42 pm, jd ya.. ok, 1 Ramadhannya today.
Dan sy baru tau itu siang ini (mksudny baru yakin. td malem dah dikasi tau ma Bapak, klo PPME bilang 1 Ramadhan started Saturday), setelah menghabiskan satu piring nasi+sayur-rasa-aneh+tuna+surimi chunks(yg ternyata ada sakenya -__-") dan segelas kopi
*sigh*

beberapa hari yg lalu liat d islamic finder, tgl 1 ramadhannya 24 september. trus liat kbri-nl, announcementnya juga 1 ramadhan = 24 september. yo uwis..

trus td ngecek2 islamicfinder, ternyata mrk announce kyk gtu ngikutin tanggalan yg berlaku d mekkah.. (dalam kurung, itu tanggalan yg dr software mrk yg 'athan' itu) meanwhile klo ke websitenya sih, hari ini tu Sabtu tgl 23 september 2006 / 1 Ramadhan 1427.. yikes, okay..

ya emang sih, kalender hijri jalan gitu aja.. dr jaman nabi Muhammad, teratur 30 hari, 30 hari, 30 hari.. sejak Hijrahnya mereka. and myb the moon itself fasenya yg skrg ma 1427 years ago udh beda gitu (mungkin ga ya? :p)

kbri dr mana? well i guess ngikutin mui di indo.. or iya, ngikutin org2 arab yg pke kalender Hijriah..

quote from Answers.com

the beginning of Ramadan (as with all months of the Islamic calendar) is traditionally based on a sighting of the hilal — the crescent, or new, moon. If it is reported by a witness in front of a committee of elders by the evening of the 29th day of the previous month, Sha'aban, then Ramadan starts on day 30. If not — because the sky is cloudy or the moon set before the sky grew dark enough to see it — then Sha'aban lasts 30 days and Ramadan starts the next day. Western countries are more likely to begin Ramadan a day earlier than eastern countries, since moonset occurs later farther west and there's more chance of the moon being seen on the 29th of Sha'aban.

well klo mo diterapin di sini sih wktu tgl 29 sha'ban, which would be yesterday, bulan tu blm kliatan.. coz moonsetnya jam 7.31pm meanwhile sunset around 7.39 pm erm.. dan emg masi bulan baru gtu, jd ya ga kliatan apa2

:p
binun ah

ah ya su.. whichever we choose.. yg penting niatnya
moga2 aja gw taun ini bener2 ngejalaninnya
taun lalu empty/kosong/hampa gtu soalnya

met puasa :)