KSA announces Hajj days for 2017

The KSA Supreme Court, which had requested the public to view the crescent moon marking the advent of the Islamic month of Dhulhijjah at sunset of 22 August, has announced in a statement that many adult witnesses have testified to their perspective regional courts accordingly, the Saudi Press Agency has reported.

This makes 23 August 1 DhulHijjah according to the Calendar of Umm Al-Qura. Accordingly, the attendance at the Mount of Arafat, the peak and main pillar of Hajj ritual which is also called the Day of Arafat and the 9th day of Dhulhijjah, falls on 31 August 2017. Eid Al Adha falls on 10 Dhulhijjah, or 1 September 2017.