page_title: Chaand Raat
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Chaand Raat / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: English: A Chaand Raat celebration in Hyderabad, India. Shopping scene at the Old City prior to the Muslim festival of Eid. Chand raat is the meaning of night of the moon.This is the night of bleesing for us for muslims all over the world.Chand raat is the festivl which is quite popular in the world and its celebrations is must never be missed at all.Muslims celebrates the Eid-Ul-Fitr after the month of fasting "Ramdan"after sighting the moon of shawwal.The moon of shawwal makes the officl announcement of the end the holy month of Ramdan. العربية: احتفال الجاند رات أو رؤية الهلال عند المسلمين في الهند. हिन्दी: भारत के शहर हैदराबाद में चाँद रात का जुलूस.
context_page_description: Chaand Raat is a Bengali, Urdu, and Hindi locution used in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India for the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr; it can also mean a night with a new moon for the new Islamic month shawwal. Chaand Raat is a time of celebration when families and friends gather in open areas at the end of the last day of Ramadan to spot the new moon, which signals the arrival of the Islamic month of Shawwal and the day of Eid. Once the moon is sighted, people wish each other Chaand Raat Mubarak or Eid Mubarak. Women and girls decorate their hands with mehndi, and people prepare desserts for the next day of Eid and do last rounds of shopping. City streets have a festive look, and brightly decorated malls and markets remain open late into the night. Chaand Raat is celebrated festively and passionately by Muslims all over South Asia, and in socio-cultural significance, is comparable to Christmas Eve.
context_section_description: The term is derived from the Sanskrit words candrá (चंद्र) "moon" and rā́tri (रात्रि) "night".
caption: A Chaand Raat celebration in Hyderabad, India
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