JEDDAH, 5 November — A website intended to provide information and technical materials relating to the Hijri calendar, prayer times and the direction of qiblah with the Philippines as setting went online yesterday.
The site, http://www.geocities.com/mangorangca, was put up by M. S. Mangorangca, a Philippine-based Hijri astronomer. Aside from downloadable prayer time guides for various Philippine cities, the site features background information on how the Islamic calendar works and provides links to other Hijri sites.