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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aug 13Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 214, Dhu al-Qa'da | 315, Dhu al-Qa'da | 416, Dhu al-Qa'da | 517, Dhu al-Qa'da | 618, Dhu al-Qa'da | 719, Dhu al-Qa'da |
820, Dhu al-Qa'da | 921, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1022, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1123Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 1224, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1325, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1426, Dhu al-Qa'da |
1527, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1628, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1729, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1830, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1931, Dhu al-Qa'da | 20Sep 1, Dhu al-Qa'da | 212, Dhu al-Qa'da |
223, Dhu al-Qa'da | 234Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da | 245, Dhu al-Qa'da | 256Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 267, Dhu al-Qa'da | 278, Dhu al-Qa'da | 289Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da |
| 2910Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
13 Aug
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Sunday 13 August 2113
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
12 Aug
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Saturday 12 August 2113
Saturday 12 August evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Sunday 13 August)
1
13 Aug
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Sunday 13 August 2113
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
23 Aug
23
4 Sept
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Monday 4 September 2113
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
6 Sept
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Wednesday 6 September 2113
28
9 Sept
29
10 Sept
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Sunday 10 September 2113
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 3 days
- Shahadat of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (a)13 Jumada al-Ula · Sun, 25 Oct · 75-day reportin 36 days
- 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.