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Pasar Pisang (bananas traditional market) located in West Jakarta, was crowded with people who will shopping some basic necessities and vegetables as their preparation for the first fasting next morning. Based on observations by a number of experts on the position of the moon on Sunday, June 5, 2016, which states that the moon was rising at a position 2.3 to 4.6 degrees on the horizon, the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and a number of religious institutions establish that 1 Ramadan 1437 Hijri coincide on Monday, June 6, 2016 which was the beginning of fasting for Muslims. (JakartaBizWeekly/Aditya)