Hijri calendar

Shawwal 1429

October 2008 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 1429 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1Oct 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 1429 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1Oct 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 1429 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1Oct 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
WedThuThu
1 Oct2 Oct2 Oct
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
TueWedWed
7 Oct8 Oct8 Oct
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
WedThuThu
8 Oct9 Oct9 Oct
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
FriSatSat
10 Oct11 Oct11 Oct
Battle of Hunayn
Commemoration
12
SunMonMon
12 Oct13 Oct13 Oct
Death of Ayatollah Burujirdi
Commemoration
14
TueWedWed
14 Oct15 Oct15 Oct
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
FriSatSat
24 Oct25 Oct25 Oct
Eve of the Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)
Mourning
Friday 24 October evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Saturday 25 October)Saturday 25 October evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 26 October)Saturday 25 October evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 26 October)
25
SatSunSun
25 Oct26 Oct26 Oct
Shahadat of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a)
Mourning
28
TueWedWed
28 Oct29 Oct29 Oct
Demise of Imam Khomeini
Commemoration
29
WedThuThu
29 Oct30 Oct30 Oct
Birth of Abu Talib (a)
Celebration