"Dream - Chairman of the Falakiyah Institution of the Nahdlatul Ulama Central Board (LF PBNU), Sirril Wafa stated that it is impossible to sight the crescent moon on the 29th of Sya'ban 1445 H or Sunday, March 10, 2024. "For the beginning of Ramadan this year, by considering the position of the crescent moon both in terms of height and elongation, based on experience or tajribah, it is impossible to sight the crescent moon on Sunday afternoon, March 10," said Sirril in his statement, quoted on Monday, February 26, 2024."

Based on the calculation, 1 Ramadan 1445 H is predicted to fall on March 12, 2024. "So the step of completing the month of Sya'ban as written in the PBNU almanac is correct. God willing, 1 Ramadan 1445 H will coincide with March 12, 2024 AD," he said.

While the ijtima or conjunction occurs on Sunday, Legi, 10th March 2024 at 16:00:50 WIB. This markaz point in Jakarta is located at PBNU Building, Kramat Raya Street, Central Jakarta with coordinates 6° 11' 25" LS 106° 50' 50" BT. Meanwhile, the sunset is at a position of 3 degrees 55 minutes 36 seconds south of the west point, while the position of the crescent is at 5 degrees 7 minutes 23 seconds south of the west point.

As for the position of the crescent moon, it is located at 1 degree 11 minutes 27 seconds south of the sun, tilted towards the south with an elongation of 2 degrees 30 minutes 25 seconds. Sirril stated that the LF PBNU will conduct the sighting of the new moon or the monitoring of the beginning of Ramadan 1445 H on Sunday, March 10, 2024, or corresponding to the 29th of Sya'ban 1445 H.

"He explained that the sighting of the crescent moon (rukyatul hilal) will be conducted simultaneously by LFNU regional offices at several predetermined points, including coastal areas facing west as well as tall buildings with unobstructed western horizons. 'Just like in previous years, the simultaneous sighting of the crescent moon will be conducted by LF-LF regional offices at the designated sighting locations,' he said."

In English, the translation of the given text while preserving the HTML tags is: "In the future, the implementation of rukyat will be carried out together with relevant parties, such as local Ministry of Religious Affairs officials, Religious Courts, Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), and the community. "For this Ramadan, there are around 50-60 rukyat points scattered in various regions," he said."

"Previously, Muhammadiyah has determined that 1 Ramadan 1445 H falls on Monday, March 11, 2024 based on the actual sighting of the crescent moon as followed by the Majelis Tarjih and Tajdid. 'In the Indonesian region, the date of 1 Ramadan 1445 H falls on Monday, Pahing, March 11, 2024,' according to a letter from the Majelis Tarjih and Tajdid of the Muhammadiyah Central Board."

According to Muhammadiyah, the moon's altitude at sunset in Yogyakarta on March 10th is (\u00a2 = -07\u00b0 48' LS and l= 110\u00b0 21' BT) = +00\u00b0 56' 28'' (the crescent has already appeared). On March 10th, 2024, at sunset, the moon will be above the horizon (the crescent has already appeared), except in the regions of North Maluku, Papua, West Papua, and Southwest Papua.