Hijri calendar

Shawwal 1401

August 1981 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 1401 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1Aug 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
3030Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)Eve of 1 Dhu al-Qa'da, after Maghrib, Shawwal

Shawwal 1401 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1Aug 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	3031Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)Eve of 1 Dhu al-Qa'da, after Maghrib, Shawwal

Shawwal 1401 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1Aug 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	3031Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)Eve of 1 Dhu al-Qa'da, after Maghrib, Shawwal

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
SatSunSun
1 Aug2 Aug2 Aug
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
FriSatSat
7 Aug8 Aug8 Aug
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
SatSunSun
8 Aug9 Aug9 Aug
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
MonTueTue
10 Aug11 Aug11 Aug
Battle of Hunayn
Commemoration
12
WedThuThu
12 Aug13 Aug13 Aug
Death of Ayatollah Burujirdi
Commemoration
14
FriSatSat
14 Aug15 Aug15 Aug
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
MonTueTue
24 Aug25 Aug25 Aug
Eve of the Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)
Mourning
Monday 24 August evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Tuesday 25 August)Tuesday 25 August evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Wednesday 26 August)Tuesday 25 August evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Wednesday 26 August)
25
TueWedWed
25 Aug26 Aug26 Aug
Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)
Mourning
28
FriSatSat
28 Aug29 Aug29 Aug
Demise of Imam Khomeini
Commemoration
29
SatSunSun
29 Aug30 Aug30 Aug
Birth of Abu Talib (a)
Celebration