The first day of the Idul Fitri festivity will fall on September 20, based on astronomical calculations, according to an astronomer of the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Lapan)."The calender was wrong in mentioning that Idul Fitri will fall on September 21-22, because Idul Fitri will fall on Sunday (Sept. 20)," Dr. Thomas Djamaluddin, a senior researcher of Lapan Astronomy-Astrophysics, told ANTARA News on Wednesday.
The ijtima` (conjunction) of the beginning of Syawal (the tenth month according to the Islamic lunar calender) will occur on September 19, 2009, at 1.45 am Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB), so that by maghrib (sunset), the moon will be quite high, namely more than four degrees over Indonesian territory, when hilal (crescent) will most likely be sighted, he said.
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