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I am d.cply graleful to Prolcssor Dr. Nasituddin Kndn, my SrDervisol aor his patience.inkluble sriNlla(on and counlloss sugg6tions dsht from the bcSinning rill rhG poirrt*hen I .n ablc ro complerc lhis $ork.I sould ole lile lo expess Dy CFlilude for tne valuble suSgestions polided byPrcfessor Dr. Roshid Kadal Ansli of IcdeEl Urdu UniveBily. Karachi_ in rhe bcginnnrsol tlis prcjed My spccial $hks for Prcfcssor Dr. Mtrhamn)ad Ayub Khar you$rlzai olUrne6nj ofKonchi$no Emincd a nofiaror tor mc nbuglour rhis \ork I mus,tsosuhnrit nry hunblc tanks lo Prolcser Dr. Muhannad ltoys of rjnilcGny of Kuatal-!mpur. Maliysia, Dr Abdul Haq Suhan ol Univeriry of Sanaa,yenren tor reir kindcnconmAcment during $is sort. lhanls !E ats due aor Mr MulNflrnrad shotrl Odchn nleins rhc wcbsllc NN\.icoon)ior! dnd Mr (hitid shorkor nriNgilg\\\rr!r!]N4lt!!!!.9r1!rr. uorh lhc*"ohsitcrcnraincd ! eurcc ot infomllliotr. rcscd'lhprpeu aDd.laln lbr rhn \orl lo hrve b..o posibt€. l_asr b nor rhc leasr; I subnjn m,stccral rhdnlis llr Dr Shlbbir Ahs.n oi Lahorc Universny of M.meeNnr Scienccs$hoe {aluablc nrge$iions helped nre in cdnins rhn dissedation.I sish b cxtcnd my sirrccrc thanks to lhc University of Knrachi. i! pirticutar ns viccchrnc€ll . Prolcs$lpr Pecuda Qasinr Rm. lor rhc consislcnl DoRI suppon tor rhoMy sife. cbildo. and in-laws enained under lols of prcsure durine lhis proloneedperiodofny\ort lor shich no gralirude nay bc enough.MSQ
AbstractThe pmbl.m of delemining ftc day when Uc nev tunar crcs.nl can be 3en ti6tar an, site of observarion hs Efrained an opch pobtem since andquirr, Thephenon.non ImniB imFnel for beeioing ! luw mon$ in a puEly ob*rvariomtlunar calcnd.i. In li. n6! chapler the asrrcnomicat pdamercn relare.i lolheprobtcnr are!.!ieRtd alohe si$ a briefdcsriplion oasme rules oafitrnb arribut.d ro rhc ancicnrand lhe nr!ie!.1 nodets lhc afecrs ot geognphical loc.rion on rhc problcr orc ahodcscribed. A brief Evierv ofc.tendaB lnd.ssociared celestiat cycles h atso pescnled$nh splri.l chphasis on |hc rulcs enurcjarot for Islamic ob*rarionat lu.arcalcnd,r a.{rlr as lo'r cemu, AD. ln lhe end of the ch.prf Eviov or rhe conlrib[ion of thc.strcnoncrs of 2orr' cenrurr is pesentcd $al b.8im rvirh thc etoFical toodct orSolvins fte pnblm ol lhe ti6l visibilny oa lbe n.$. lumr crcsccnr inlolvcslenedy colcrlations and thc trsc ofatt ctcFenrary !slrononjic0t rechniqucs. A tovi.w otn e tcchniq,es and algorilhms is pEsc .d in rhc *cond chlpr. Sp$i.l emphNis isAilrn lo r|r dekminarion oa linr of oriunclion of Moon sirh rhe SuD. i c binh of nc*Moon. rh. risinsand seu'hgol thr Smnnd rhe M@n_ posnionsofrhc sun,nd thc Moorar 2n! tnrc on rhc dll or rc day aftc. conjL .rion .t.tc ch.prr cnds rith a brictdsscrption of the .ompurer prosranr Hitotot dsvebp.d r'.r compftrioN done ir rhis\ort A n$v posam is deEloped in ordq lo prcdnce the dala Fquied aor rhis \ol[$ar is Cencrally.or avlitabte troh orher sotlwarc lhat aheadycxrsrShniDg $ilh simtl€ Ulbytonian crncrion. fic lhnd chaprr eiptores rhe ancienrdnd the Drdielal hlrbeoaricat hodets follo\€d b, rhe dcscriprion ol. narh.naticaltrploEion of oedieval Mutim Aslomn6. Condricat considehions asiaGdwilh the prcblen are.xplorcd in nrore dclaitin oder ro evalu0le the Lunlr Ripencss Laso.0 sMcess, suggc$ed in lhc medieval e6. 'lsSon nodincado.s to rh€ la$ aru atesuggesled Thc shoncominss of the ripenc$ lav a,c then di*ussd and lieht is shcd oDrhe Easns rhat lead ro lhe dcvelopnent of ARCV-DAZ ,.trrion b4d nodels b, the
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