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Hijri calendar

Shawwal 1483

February to March 2061 شوّال

Dates for

Dates expectedHijri months begin on the sighting of the new moon, which cannot be known in advance. Every date below may move by a day.
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, and every date below may move by a day when it is announced in Pakistan. 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, and every date below may move by a day when it is announced in India. 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

    Tue
    22 Feb

    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

    Mon
    28 Feb

    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

    Tue
    1 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

    Thu
    3 Mar

    Battle of Hunayn

    Commemoration

  5. 12

    Sat
    5 Mar

  6. 14

    Mon
    7 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. 25

    Eve

    Thu
    17 Mar

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

    Mourning

    Thursday 17 March evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Friday 18 March)

  8. 25

    Fri
    18 Mar

  9. 27

    Sun
    20 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
  10. 28

    Mon
    21 Mar

  11. 29

    Tue
    22 Mar

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