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Hijri calendar

Shawwal 1314

March to April 1897 شوّال

Dates for

Dates calculatedThe start of this month was not recorded here, so the dates below are the calculation, not a sighting.
How the Centre establishes these dates

Hijri dates on this site are established by moon sighting, not by calculation. A month begins for the Centre when the new crescent has been sighted with the naked eye on our own horizon, south-east Queensland; where no sighting is confirmed here, the outgoing month is completed at 30 days. Dates shown as expected are subject to that confirmation. Members who follow a marja with a different ruling on the horizon, or on sighting through instruments, should follow their own marja — these dates govern the Centre’s programme.

Calculated for PakistanThese are Pakistan’s dates, calculated, not announced. A month there is expected to begin the day after the crescent can first be seen there by eye. The Centre in North Ipswich keeps the Australian dates.
Calculated for IndiaThese are India’s dates, calculated, not announced. A month there is expected to begin the day after the crescent can first be seen there by eye. The Centre in North Ipswich keeps the Australian dates.
  • Mourning
  • Celebration
  • Commemoration
  • Bar: in the calendar, no programme announced yet
  • Friday

Where communities differ on a date, both positions are shown rather than one being presented as correct. Families at this Centre follow different maraji, and the calendar reflects that.

Observances in Shawwal

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  1. 1

    Fri
    5 Mar

    Eid al-Fitr

    Celebration

    A’maal for this day →

    Observed on different dates by different communities
    • Indo-Pak: Local sighting (Moonsighting Australia)
    • Iraqi: Sistani's office announcement
    • Iranian: Announcement of the followed marja
  2. 7

    Thu
    11 Mar

    Battle of Uhud and the death of Hamza

    Mourning

    Observed on different dates by different communities
    • Indo-Pak: duas.org prints 7 or 15
  3. 8

    Fri
    12 Mar

    Yawm al-Hadm

    Mourning

    Demolition of Jannat al-Baqi'

    Observed on different dates by different communities
    • Iranian: Year 1344 AH; also Yawm al-Baqi al-Alami (Safi Golpayegani)
    • Indo-Pak: Year 1345 AH (duas.org); called Yaum-e-Gham or Youm-e-Inhedam
    • Khoja: Yaum-e-Gham
  4. 10

    Sun
    14 Mar

    Battle of Hunayn

    Commemoration

  5. 12

    Tue
    16 Mar

  6. 14

    Thu
    18 Mar

    Death of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani

    Mourning

    Observed on different dates by different communities
    • Indo-Pak: 14 Shawwal (duas.org)
    • Khoja: 14 Shawwal
    • Iranian: 15 Shawwal (wikishia)
  7. 17

    Sun
    21 Mar

    Nawruz

    Celebration

    Observed on different dates by different communities
    • Iranian: Observed; al-Majlisi held the recognising hadiths more reliable
    • Hazara: Observed
    • Indo-Pak: Generally not observed
    • Khoja: Generally not observed
  8. 25

    Eve

    Sun
    28 Mar

    Eve of the Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)

    Mourning

    Sunday 28 March evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Monday 29 March)

  9. 25

    Mon
    29 Mar

  10. 28

    Thu
    1 Apr

  11. 29

    Fri
    2 Apr

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