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 20Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report, Dhu al-Qa'da, Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a) | 221, Dhu al-Qa'da | |||||
322, Dhu al-Qa'da | 423, Dhu al-Qa'da | 524, Dhu al-Qa'da | 625, Dhu al-Qa'da | 726, Dhu al-Qa'da | 827, Dhu al-Qa'da | 928, Dhu al-Qa'da |
1029, Dhu al-Qa'da | 1130Wiladat of Imam al-Rida (a), Dhu al-Qa'da | 1231, Dhu al-Qa'da | 13Sep 1, Dhu al-Qa'da | 142, Dhu al-Qa'da | 153, Dhu al-Qa'da | 164, Dhu al-Qa'da |
175, Dhu al-Qa'da | 186, Dhu al-Qa'da | 197, Dhu al-Qa'da | 208, Dhu al-Qa'da | 219, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2210, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2311Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning, Dhu al-Qa'da |
2412, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2513Dahw al-Ard, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2614, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2715, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2816Treaty of Hudaybiyya, Dhu al-Qa'da | 2917Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a), Dhu al-Qa'da |
- Mourning
- Celebration
- Worship
- Commemoration
- Mixed
- Hollow: in the calendar, nothing held
1
20 Aug
Mourning
Death of Abu Talib (a) -- Dhu al-Qada report
Friday 20 August 2145
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 1 Dhu al-Qada
- Indo-Pak: 8 Ramadan (SABA)
1•
eve
19 Aug
Celebration
Eve of the Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Thursday 19 August 2145
Thursday 19 August evening, after Maghrib (the eve of Friday 20 August)
1
20 Aug
Celebration
Wiladat of Sayyida Fatima al-Masuma (a)
Friday 20 August 2145
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
30 Aug
23
11 Sept
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) -- 23 Dhu al-Qada reckoning
Saturday 11 September 2145
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: Urdu-speaking South Asian devotional usage
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
25
13 Sept
Worship
Dahw al-Ard
The spreading out of the earth; birth of Prophet Ibrahim (a)
Monday 13 September 2145
28
16 Sept
29
17 Sept
Mourning
Shahadat of Imam al-Jawad (a)
Friday 17 September 2145
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
- Wiladat of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a)10 Rabi al-Thani · Tue, 22 Septtomorrow
- Shahadat of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (a)13 Jumada al-Ula · Sun, 25 Oct · 75-day reportin 34 days
- Wiladat of Imam al-Sajjad (a)15 Jumada al-Ula · Tue, 27 Oct · 15 Jumada al-Ula reckoningin 36 days
- Ayyam-e-Fatimiyya1 Jumada al-Thani · Wed, 11 Novin 51 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.