20 Muharram
Wafat of Sayyida Sakina bt. al-Husayn (a)
This year
20 Muharram 1448 · Expected — subject to moon sighting
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Dates year by year
| Hijri | Gregorian | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Muharram 1447 | Expected | |
| 20 Muharram 1448 | Expected | |
| 20 Muharram 1449 | Expected | |
| 20 Muharram 1450 | Expected |
Hijri months begin by moon sighting, not by calculation. A date marked expected is the calculated one and may move by a day when the Centre confirms the month.
About this day
This is a calendar convention rather than a Karbala fact: the twentieth of Muharram is marked for the wafat of Sayyida Sakina (a) on Indo-Pak calendars, and the tradition is thinly attested. One Twelver reference records only the burial of Jawn on this day, and dates her death instead to 5 Rabi al-Awwal 117 AH in Medina, as an adult. Twelver communities differ, and this is the day the Centre lists.
Communities differ on this
The Centre’s congregation includes Indian, Pakistani, Irani, Hazara, Iraqi and Afghan families, and they do not all keep this on the same day. The date above is the one the Centre observes; it is not a ruling on anyone else’s.