EGAD

Crescent Sighted

In addition, the crescent moon marking the start of Ramadan was sighted in most Arab nations last night, although in Iraq and Oman the month will start tonight instead. So Ramadan mubarak! At least, I think that's how you say it.

As I've mentioned before, in Islam the first crescent has to be visually sighted before the new month is declared to have begun, which frequently leads different parts of the world to be a day out of synch with eath other. There was no such question as to when Rosh Ha'Shana would fall -- the Jewish calendar is computed well in advance, and does not (to my knowledge, anyway) rely on visual confirmation.

Now, since I think I've gone home perhaps three times since last Tuesday, and since the sleeping-in-my-desk-chair neck crick is really starting to bother me, I'm declaring it an early day.