Abu Dhabi: Astronomers expect the crescent moon marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Dhul Qadah to be visible in ...

Each Islamic month lasts either 29 or 30 days, depending on the moon’s visibility. Consequently, a lunar year is ...

Dubai: Soaring high above the Dubai International Financial District (DIFC), the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, one of Dubai’s ...

Ibn-al-shatir's lunar model from which Copernicus is reported to have borrowed in composing his cosmological model. Credit: ...

Event festivities will start with an opening ceremony to be held at 6.30pm on May 3 at the Lim Poon Kim Memorial Hall in the ...

The Indus Waters Treaty was seen as a technical compact, but now it is viewed from the perspective of diplomacy, ...

Doha: Qatar Calendar House announced that Tuesday, April 29, will mark the astronomical beginning of the month of Dhul Qi dah 1446 AH, while Monday, ...

The Foreign Office has urged holidaymakers heading to Turkey to follow certain rules to avoid causing "offence" while abroad ...

The other day I asked a friend where he would be during Jyeshtha? He looked at me uncomprehending, and finally expostulated: ...