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 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 | 9Aug 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
Coming up
- Shahadat of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (a)8 Rabi al-Thani · Sun, 20 Sept · 40-day reportin 5 days
- Wiladat of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a)8 Rabi al-Thani · Sun, 20 Sept · 8 Rabi al-Thani reckoningin 5 days
- Wiladat of Imam al-Sajjad (a)15 Jumada al-Ula · Tue, 27 Oct · 15 Jumada al-Ula reckoningin 42 days
- Ayyam-e-Fatimiyya1 Jumada al-Thani · Wed, 11 Novin 57 days
1
24 July
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Monday 24 July 2017
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
23 July
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 23 July 2017
Sunday 23 July evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Monday 24 July)
1
24 July
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Monday 24 July 2017
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 Aug
23
15 Aug
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
17 Aug
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Thursday 17 August 2017
28
20 Aug
30
22 Aug
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Tuesday 22 August 2017
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
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.