UPDATE! The Darul Ifta has officially announced on Monday night, June 3 that the celebration of Eid'l Fitr will be on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
To give the entire Filipino nation the “full opportunity” to join the Muslim community in the observance of Eid’l Fitr, President Rodrigo Duterte on May 28 signed Proclamation 729 which declares June 5 as a national holiday.
Eid’l Fitr, which means “feast of breaking the fast”, is one of the two official Muslim holidays, aside from Eid’l Adha or the ‘Feast of Sacrifice’.
The holiday falls on the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal and is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon shortly after sunset.
Eid’l Fitr is declared a national holiday through Republic Act 9177
