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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aug 19Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 220, Dhu al-Qa'da | 321, Dhu al-Qa'da | 422, Dhu al-Qa'da | 523, Dhu al-Qa'da | 624, Dhu al-Qa'da | 725, Dhu al-Qa'da |
826, Dhu al-Qa'da | 927, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1028, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1129Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 1230, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1331, Dhu al-Qa'da | 14Sep 1, Dhu al-Qa'da |
152, Dhu al-Qa'da | 163, Dhu al-Qa'da | 174, Dhu al-Qa'da | 185, Dhu al-Qa'da | 196, Dhu al-Qa'da | 207, Dhu al-Qa'da | 218, Dhu al-Qa'da |
229, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2310Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2411, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2512Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2613, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2714, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2815Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da |
2916, Dhu al-Qa'da | 3017Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
19 Aug
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Sunday 19 August 1917
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
18 Aug
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Saturday 18 August 1917
Saturday 18 August evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 19 August)
1
19 Aug
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 19 August 1917
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
29 Aug
23
10 Sept
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Monday 10 September 1917
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
12 Sept
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Wednesday 12 September 1917
28
15 Sept
30
17 Sept
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Monday 17 September 1917
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 Septin 2 days
- Shahadat of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (a)13 Jumada al-Ula · Sun, 25 Oct · 75-day reportin 35 days
- Wiladat of Imam al-Sajjad (a)15 Jumada al-Ula · Tue, 27 Oct · 15 Jumada al-Ula reckoningin 37 days
- Ayyam-e-Fatimiyya1 Jumada al-Thani · Wed, 11 Novin 52 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.