Have you ever attending an Eid wedding? Specifically Eid ul Fitr? that’s what we’re looking at right now for potential dates. Eid is projected to be July 18 so do :
Mayoun July 17, Friday (chand raat)
Mehndi July 18, Sat
Wedding July 19, Sun
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never heard of shaadii taqreebaat on and around Eid...people are busy with either visiting their family/friends or being visited by them. some people even go out of town to their parents/PIL for the occasion.
usually, the earliest one gets married in the month of Shawwaal is after the first week.
shaadii mubaarak...Allah aapkii shaadii Khush asloobi se anjaam pazeer ho...aameen
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In my area eids are very popular for weddings. Now that eid ul fitr falls in summer, eid ul azha is when wedding season starts.
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never heard of shaadii taqreebaat on and around Eid...people are busy with either visiting their family/friends or being visited by them. some people even go out of town to their parents/PIL for the occasion.
usually, the earliest one gets married in the month of Shawwaal is after the first week.
shaadii mubaarak...Allah aapkii shaadii Khush asloobi se anjaam pazeer ho...aameen
I just figured if we sent out "save the dates" or invites early enough, people would know not to plan stuff for the evening --if they were close to us to want to come to the wedding. For out of town guests, we were thinking we could do a eid brunch...maybe have the nikkah after namaz and then do a brunch or something
In my area eids are very popular for weddings. Now that eid ul fitr falls in summer, eid ul azha is when wedding season starts.
really? any on eid ul fitr? I just don't want people to take offense to the fact that their eid plans are being ruined. But most people where i live do mostly brunch after namaz; evenings tend to be free
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Soconfused I am talking about Pakistan. It is is very hot around eid ul fitr. Before when eid ul fitr used to be in winter it was very popular for weddings.
you sound very considerate. Am sure people wnt mind if you give them enough notice.
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I just figured if we sent out "save the dates" or invites early enough, people would know not to plan stuff for the evening --if they were close to us to want to come to the wedding. For out of town guests, we were thinking we could do a eid brunch...maybe have the nikkah after namaz and then do a brunch or something
well, if you have made up your mind then go ahead but you'll have quite a few eyebrows raised.
what happens if more than one 'Eid is celebrated...sometimes, within the same city? it can turn out to be quite chaotic.
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Soconfused I am talking about Pakistan. It is is very hot around eid ul fitr. Before when eid ul fitr used to be in winter it was very popular for weddings.
you sound very considerate. Am sure people wnt mind if you give them enough notice.
around Eid is fine but right on Eid day [considering the moon sighting discrepancies]...just after Eid is usually when you see a string of weddings...in India, wedding halls are hard to find if you don't book it well in advance.
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Is eid a public holiday in India? In Pakistan it is a public holiday so gives more flexibility. I guess right after eid is more popular but even on eid isn't a big deal.
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Is eid a public holiday in India? In Pakistan it is a public holiday so gives more flexibility. I guess right after eid is more popular but even on eid isn't a big deal.
yes, it is...it's a holiday nationwide. magar sirf EK din kii...alvidaa~ is Half day...in Muslim institutions, every Friday is a half day.
tbh Hmmna, i have never heard any wedding taking place on Eid day in India. it sounds like it's not the case in Pakistan because you guys probably have a few days off on Eid.
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Soconfused I am talking about Pakistan. It is is very hot around eid ul fitr. Before when eid ul fitr used to be in winter it was very popular for weddings.
you sound very considerate. Am sure people wnt mind if you give them enough notice.
around Eid is fine but right on Eid day [considering the moon sighting discrepancies]...just after Eid is usually when you see a string of weddings...in India, wedding halls are hard to find if you don't book it well in advance.
I live in the US so we definitely don't get Eid off...but Eid will most likely be on the weekend this upcoming year. With the moon discrepancy, which is a very real issue where I live...we've figured that Eid is projected to be on Saturday the 18th. If anything, it'll be Sunday the 19th (Sat will be chand raat) or Friday (in which case Mehndi and Shaadi wn't be on Eid).
But you raise a valid point. :S
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yes, it is...it's a holiday nationwide. magar sirf EK din kii...alvidaa~ is Half day...in Muslim institutions, every Friday is a half day.
tbh Hmmna, i have never heard any wedding taking place on Eid day in India. it sounds like it's not the case in Pakistan because you guys probably have a few days off on Eid.
we usually get 3 days - a week off for Eid. Now that I think of it most weddings are on third or fourth day of eid
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I live in the US so we definitely don't get Eid off...but Eid will most likely be on the weekend this upcoming year. With the moon discrepancy, which is a very real issue where I live...we've figured that Eid is projected to be on Saturday the 18th. If anything, it'll be Sunday the 19th (Sat will be chand raat) or Friday (in which case Mehndi and Shaadi wn't be on Eid).
But you raise a valid point. :S
if people aren't confused because of the discrepancy in moon sighting and that's what you want then i guess you go ahead and have a 1-der-FULL wedding. :)
we usually get 3 days - a week off for Eid. Now that I think of it most weddings are on third or fourth day of eid
that's what i thought too. thanx for letting us know. :)
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Have your wedding on whatever date you want. However, if you’re choosing to have it on a holiday, then YOU should not be offended if people choose to spend that day with their own family rather than attending your wedding. You’re not going to ruin anyone’s Eid day. You send out invites, and it is their CHOICE on whether or not they want to attend.
But I will repeat, YOU should not be offended or hurt if people you thought were close to you does not attend your wedding on Eid. I have a very close friend who is getting married this Thanksgiving. She sent out save the dates back in February. With my husband, it is his family tradition that everyone gets together for Thanksgiving. Since BIL had a baby, these days everyone (my in-laws, us, BIL’s in-laws etc.) fly to my BIL’s home for the holiday. Even though I got the save-the-date super early and this is a close friend of mine, I will be going with my husband to my in-laws instead of attending the wedding. Have your wedding on Eid but do not have this expectation that just b/c you send out save-the-dates super early, your wedding will become #1](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1) in that person’s list of things to do on that day.
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Yep, definitely keeping that in mind. The way it’s panning out, there’s a very good chance that no matter when we have it, some of our close friends won’t be able to make it (the available dates seem to be around step 1 times, the start of residency, Bar exams). Eid seemed to work the best for our family and for us, schedule wise so we figured that was most important.
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And that’s all that matters! 
While its nice to have EVERYONE we love attend our wedding, that doesn’t always happen. My best friend of almost 20 years missed my wedding. Why? B/C she was pregnant with her 2nd child and her due date was 2 days after my wedding (she lives 3 hours from me) & I knew while planning my wedding that she won’t make it. 
But at the end, it really is all about you/fiance/both of your immediate blood family. As long as those people can make it and they’re not fussing about the date….that’s all that matters.
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I’m missing my best friend of 16 year’s wedding since it’s out of the country and I know for a fact that both my fiance and i will be missing a lot of our friends’ weddings since we’re gonna be tied down with rotations these next few years. It’s sucky but I guess that’s what happens when you get married when you’re older and have work/careers
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if people aren't confused because of the discrepancy in moon sighting and that's what you want then i guess you go ahead and have a 1-der-FULL wedding. :)
that's what i thought too. thanx for letting us know. :)
Lol i'm sure there's gonna be discrepancy but as long as my mehndi doesn't fall on the night before chand raat, I'll be good. I wish it was more standardized so things like this wouldn't happen but oh well.
Eid wedding
Can you have the wedding a week after Eid? The moon sighting issue is a big thing. If I were you, id have a tough time too as most of my desi friends are shia, and their Eid almost always happens to fall on the next day as they are strict about moon sightings. So basically, my wedding my be their chand raat... Well even we have diff masjids in the West following diff Eid days. A little complicated huh.
Hey but I wouldn't mind attending an Eid wedding! Eid and a friend's wedding- how fun!! :D a change of Eid plans for that particular year won't make a big difference.
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Can you have the wedding a week after Eid? The moon sighting issue is a big thing. If I were you, id have a tough time too as most of my desi friends are shia, and their Eid almost always happens to fall on the next day as they are strict about moon sightings. So basically, my wedding my be their chand raat... Well even we have diff masjids in the West following diff Eid days. A little complicated huh.
Hey but I wouldn't mind attending an Eid wedding! Eid and a friend's wedding- how fun!! :D a change of Eid plans for that particular year won't make a big difference.
The other option IS having a wedding the week after Eid but the biggest problem with that is that we start a pretty intense year of rotations for med school the day after...so we'd have to fly cross country and be at 'work' at 7-8am the next day. The eid weekend would be MOST convenient EXCEPT the moon sighting thing. It's always a problem where I live (there were 3 eids one year!) but most people tend to go off of calculation method; the worst that would happen at this point is that Mayoun would fall on the 29th roza (so no hulla-gulla) and Mehndi would most likely end up being chand raat with shaadi on Eid day. If it ends up being even later (that the shadi ends up on chand raat), well then we're in trouble.
Scheduling is making my head spin because there's no GOOD option. It's choosing the lesser of the two evils at this point.