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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jul 12Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 213, Dhu al-Qa'da | 314, Dhu al-Qa'da | 415, Dhu al-Qa'da | 516, Dhu al-Qa'da | 617, Dhu al-Qa'da | 718, Dhu al-Qa'da |
819, Dhu al-Qa'da | 920, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1021, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1122Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 1223, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1324, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1425, Dhu al-Qa'da |
1526, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1627, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1728, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1829, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1930, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2031, Dhu al-Qa'da | 21Aug 1, Dhu al-Qa'da |
222, Dhu al-Qa'da | 233Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da | 244, Dhu al-Qa'da | 255Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 266, Dhu al-Qa'da | 277, Dhu al-Qa'da | 288Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da |
299, Dhu al-Qa'da | 3010Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
12 July
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Sunday 12 July 1953
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
11 July
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Saturday 11 July 1953
Saturday 11 July evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 12 July)
1
12 July
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 12 July 1953
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
22 July
23
3 Aug
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Monday 3 August 1953
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
5 Aug
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Wednesday 5 August 1953
28
8 Aug
30
10 Aug
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Monday 10 August 1953
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
- Shahadat of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (a)8 Rabi al-Thani · Sun, 20 Sept · 40-day reporttomorrow
- Wiladat of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a)8 Rabi al-Thani · Sun, 20 Sept · 8 Rabi al-Thani reckoningtomorrow
- Wiladat of Imam al-Sajjad (a)15 Jumada al-Ula · Tue, 27 Oct · 15 Jumada al-Ula reckoningin 38 days
- Ayyam-e-Fatimiyya1 Jumada al-Thani · Wed, 11 Novin 53 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.