The Twelver liturgical year as observed at the Fatima Zahra Imamia Centre, North Ipswich. Dates are established by moon sighting and each month is marked expected or confirmed.
These dates are expected, not confirmed. Hijri months begin on the sighting of the new moon, which cannot be known in advance. Every date below may move by a day.
8 observances this month, mostly mourning
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Apr 4Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 25, Dhu al-Qa'da | 36, Dhu al-Qa'da | 47, Dhu al-Qa'da | 58, Dhu al-Qa'da | 69, Dhu al-Qa'da | 710, Dhu al-Qa'da |
811, Dhu al-Qa'da | 912, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1013, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1114Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 1215, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1316, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1417, Dhu al-Qa'da |
1518, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1619, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1720, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1821, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1922, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2023, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2124, Dhu al-Qa'da |
2225, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2326Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2427, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2528Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2629, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2730, Dhu al-Qa'da | 28May 1Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da |
| 292Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
4 Apr
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Sunday 4 April 1897
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
3 Apr
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Saturday 3 April 1897
Saturday 3 April evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 4 April)
1
4 Apr
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 4 April 1897
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: SABA records this date instead as the marriage of Imam Ali (a) and Sayyida Fatima (a)
11
14 Apr
23
26 Apr
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Monday 26 April 1897
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
28 Apr
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Wednesday 28 April 1897
28
1 May
29
2 May
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Sunday 2 May 1897
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: 29 Dhu al-Qada (SABA and other Indo-Pak calendars)
- Iraqi: 5 or 6 Dhu al-Hijja in some sources
Coming up
- Wiladat of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a)10 Rabi al-Thani · Tue, 22 Septtomorrow
- Shahadat of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (a)13 Jumada al-Ula · Sun, 25 Oct · 75-day reportin 34 days
- Wiladat of Imam al-Sajjad (a)15 Jumada al-Ula · Tue, 27 Oct · 15 Jumada al-Ula reckoningin 36 days
- Ayyam-e-Fatimiyya1 Jumada al-Thani · Wed, 11 Novin 51 days
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.