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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1May 24Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 225, Dhu al-Qa'da | 326, Dhu al-Qa'da | 427, Dhu al-Qa'da | 528, Dhu al-Qa'da | 629, Dhu al-Qa'da | 730, Dhu al-Qa'da |
831, Dhu al-Qa'da | 9Jun 1, Dhu al-Qa'da | 102, Dhu al-Qa'da | 113Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 124, Dhu al-Qa'da | 135, Dhu al-Qa'da | 146, Dhu al-Qa'da |
157, Dhu al-Qa'da | 168, Dhu al-Qa'da | 179, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1810, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1911, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2012, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2113, Dhu al-Qa'da |
2214, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2315Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2416, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2517Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2618, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2719, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2820Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da |
2921, Dhu al-Qa'da | 3022Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
24 May
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Sunday 24 May 1925
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
23 May
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Saturday 23 May 1925
Saturday 23 May evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 24 May)
1
24 May
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 24 May 1925
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
3 June
23
15 June
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Monday 15 June 1925
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
17 June
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Wednesday 17 June 1925
28
20 June
30
22 June
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Monday 22 June 1925
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
Today
8 Rabi al-Thani 1448 AH
Shahadat of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (a)
Acts & duas for this day →Wiladat of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a)
Acts & duas for this day →
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.