New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- Islam follows the lunar or Hijri calendar which is based on the phases of the moon cycle and has 354 days unlike the solar or Georgian calendar that the rest of the world follows hence, Ramadan (also spelt Ramazan or Ramzan or Ramzaan) is 10 or 11 days earlier every year and Muslims across the world cannot wait to sight the crescent moon that will mark the onset of the Holy Month. After the sun sets on the last date of Shabaan, moon sighters face West with a clear view of the horizon to spot the small slither of the new moon or crescent moon to determine the start of the month and upon being sighted, the testimonies of people who have spotted the moon are recorded and Saudi Arabia's Judicial High Court that decides w...