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 3Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 24, Dhu al-Qa'da | 35, Dhu al-Qa'da | 46, Dhu al-Qa'da | 57, Dhu al-Qa'da | 68, Dhu al-Qa'da | |
79, Dhu al-Qa'da | 810, Dhu al-Qa'da | 911, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1012, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1113Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 1214, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1315, Dhu al-Qa'da |
1416, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1517, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1618, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1719, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1820, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1921, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2022, Dhu al-Qa'da |
2123, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2224, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2325Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2426, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2527Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2628, Dhu al-Qa'da | 27Mar 1, Dhu al-Qa'da |
| 282Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da | 293Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
3 Feb
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Monday 3 February 2098
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
2 Feb
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 2 February 2098
Sunday 2 February evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Monday 3 February)
1
3 Feb
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Monday 3 February 2098
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
13 Feb
23
25 Feb
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Tuesday 25 February 2098
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
27 Feb
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Thursday 27 February 2098
28
2 Mar
29
3 Mar
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Monday 3 March 2098
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.