Hijri calendar

Shawwal 1359

November 1940 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.

Shawwal 1359 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1Nov 1Eid al-Fitr, Shawwal	22, Shawwal
33, Shawwal	44, Shawwal	55, Shawwal	66, Shawwal	77Battle of Uhud and the death of Hamza, Shawwal	88Yawm al-Hadm, Shawwal	99, Shawwal
1010Battle of Hunayn, Shawwal	1111, Shawwal	1212Death of Ayatollah Burujirdi, Shawwal	1313, Shawwal	1414Death of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani, Shawwal	1515, Shawwal	1616, Shawwal
1717, Shawwal	1818, Shawwal	1919, Shawwal	2020, Shawwal	2121, Shawwal	2222, Shawwal	2323, Shawwal
2424Eve of the Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)Eve of 25, after Maghrib, Shawwal	2525Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a), Shawwal	2626, Shawwal	2727, Shawwal	2828Demise of Imam Khomeini, Shawwal	2929Birth of Abu Talib (a), Shawwal, Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)

Shawwal 1359 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1Nov 2Eid al-Fitr, Shawwal
23, Shawwal	34, Shawwal	45, Shawwal	56, Shawwal	67, Shawwal	78Battle of Uhud and the death of Hamza, Shawwal	89Yawm al-Hadm, Shawwal
910, Shawwal	1011Battle of Hunayn, Shawwal	1112, Shawwal	1213Death of Ayatollah Burujirdi, Shawwal	1314, Shawwal	1415Death of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani, Shawwal	1516, Shawwal
1617, Shawwal	1718, Shawwal	1819, Shawwal	1920, Shawwal	2021, Shawwal	2122, Shawwal	2223, Shawwal
2324, Shawwal	2425Eve of the Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)Eve of 25, after Maghrib, Shawwal	2526Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a), Shawwal	2627, Shawwal	2728, Shawwal	2829Demise of Imam Khomeini, Shawwal	2930Birth of Abu Talib (a), Shawwal, Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)

Shawwal 1359 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1Nov 2Eid al-Fitr, Shawwal
23, Shawwal	34, Shawwal	45, Shawwal	56, Shawwal	67, Shawwal	78Battle of Uhud and the death of Hamza, Shawwal	89Yawm al-Hadm, Shawwal
910, Shawwal	1011Battle of Hunayn, Shawwal	1112, Shawwal	1213Death of Ayatollah Burujirdi, Shawwal	1314, Shawwal	1415Death of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani, Shawwal	1516, Shawwal
1617, Shawwal	1718, Shawwal	1819, Shawwal	1920, Shawwal	2021, Shawwal	2122, Shawwal	2223, Shawwal
2324, Shawwal	2425Eve of the Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)Eve of 25, after Maghrib, Shawwal	2526Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a), Shawwal	2627, Shawwal	2728, Shawwal	2829Demise of Imam Khomeini, Shawwal	2930Birth of Abu Talib (a), Shawwal, Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)

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
FriSatSat
1 Nov2 Nov2 Nov
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
7
ThuFriFri
7 Nov8 Nov8 Nov
Battle of Uhud and the death of Hamza
Mourning
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: duas.org prints 7 or 15
8
FriSatSat
8 Nov9 Nov9 Nov
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
10
SunMonMon
10 Nov11 Nov11 Nov
Battle of Hunayn
Commemoration
12
TueWedWed
12 Nov13 Nov13 Nov
Death of Ayatollah Burujirdi
Commemoration
14
ThuFriFri
14 Nov15 Nov15 Nov
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)
25
Eve
SunMonMon
24 Nov25 Nov25 Nov
Eve of the Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)
Mourning
Sunday 24 November evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Monday 25 November)Monday 25 November evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Tuesday 26 November)Monday 25 November evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Tuesday 26 November)
25
MonTueTue
25 Nov26 Nov26 Nov
Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)
Mourning
28
ThuFriFri
28 Nov29 Nov29 Nov
Demise of Imam Khomeini
Commemoration
29
FriSatSat
29 Nov30 Nov30 Nov
Birth of Abu Talib (a)
Celebration