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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Feb 26Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 227, Dhu al-Qa'da | 328, Dhu al-Qa'da | 4Mar 1, Dhu al-Qa'da | 52, Dhu al-Qa'da | 63, Dhu al-Qa'da | 74, Dhu al-Qa'da |
85, Dhu al-Qa'da | 96, Dhu al-Qa'da | 107, Dhu al-Qa'da | 118Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 129, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1310, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1411, Dhu al-Qa'da |
1512, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1613, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1714, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1815, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1916, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2017, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2118, Dhu al-Qa'da |
2219, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2320Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2421, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2522Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2623, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2724, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2825Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da |
| 2926Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
26 Feb
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Sunday 26 February 1933
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
25 Feb
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Saturday 25 February 1933
Saturday 25 February evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 26 February)
1
26 Feb
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 26 February 1933
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
8 Mar
23
20 Mar
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Monday 20 March 1933
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
22 Mar
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Wednesday 22 March 1933
28
25 Mar
29
26 Mar
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Sunday 26 March 1933
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.