Hijri calendar

Safar 1374

September to October 1954 صفر

Dates for

Dates calculatedThe start of this month was not recorded here, so the dates below are the calculation, not a sighting.

How the Centre establishes these dates

Hijri dates on this site are established by moon sighting, not by calculation. A month begins for the Centre when the new crescent has been sighted with the naked eye on our own horizon, south-east Queensland; where no sighting is confirmed here, the outgoing month is completed at 30 days. Dates shown as expected are subject to that confirmation. Members who follow a marja with a different ruling on the horizon, or on sighting through instruments, should follow their own marja — these dates govern the Centre’s programme.

Calculated for PakistanThese are Pakistan’s dates, calculated, not announced. A month there is expected to begin the day after the crescent can first be seen there by eye. The Centre in North Ipswich keeps the Australian dates.

Calculated for IndiaThese are India’s dates, calculated, not announced. A month there is expected to begin the day after the crescent can first be seen there by eye. The Centre in North Ipswich keeps the Australian dates.

Safar 1374 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1Sep 29Arrival of the Karbala captives in Damascus, Safar	230, Safar	3Oct 1Wiladat of Imam al-Baqir (a) – minority report, Safar	42, Safar
53Martyrdom of Sakina / Ruqayya bt. al-Husayn (a) in the ruins of Damascus, Safar	64, Safar	75Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) – Najafi reckoning, Safar, Wiladat of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a)	86, Safar	97, Safar	108Thirtieth of Ashura – Shahadat of Bibi Sakina (a), Safar	119, Safar
1210, Safar	1311Wafat of Sakina bt. al-Husayn (a), Safar	1412, Safar	1513, Safar	1614, Safar	1715Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) – 17 Safar reckoning, Safar	1816, Safar
1917, Safar	2018Arbain, Safar, Arbain juloos, Last Ten Days of Safar	2119, Safar	2220, Safar	2321, Safar	2422Wafat of Sayyida Zaynab (a), Safar	2523, Safar
2624, Safar	2725, Safar	2826Demise of the Holy Prophet (s), Safar, Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)	2927Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a), Safar, Laylat al-Mabit

Safar 1374 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1Sep 30Arrival of the Karbala captives in Damascus, Safar	2Oct 1, Safar	32Wiladat of Imam al-Baqir (a) – minority report, Safar
43, Safar	54Martyrdom of Sakina / Ruqayya bt. al-Husayn (a) in the ruins of Damascus, Safar	65, Safar	76Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) – Najafi reckoning, Safar, Wiladat of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a)	87, Safar	98, Safar	109Thirtieth of Ashura – Shahadat of Bibi Sakina (a), Safar
1110, Safar	1211, Safar	1312Wafat of Sakina bt. al-Husayn (a), Safar	1413, Safar	1514, Safar	1615, Safar	1716Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) – 17 Safar reckoning, Safar
1817, Safar	1918, Safar	2019Arbain, Safar, Arbain juloos, Last Ten Days of Safar	2120, Safar	2221, Safar	2322, Safar	2423Wafat of Sayyida Zaynab (a), Safar
2524, Safar	2625, Safar	2726, Safar	2827Demise of the Holy Prophet (s), Safar, Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)	2928Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a), Safar, Laylat al-Mabit

Safar 1374 AH, shown with Gregorian dates
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1Sep 30Arrival of the Karbala captives in Damascus, Safar	2Oct 1, Safar	32Wiladat of Imam al-Baqir (a) – minority report, Safar
43, Safar	54Martyrdom of Sakina / Ruqayya bt. al-Husayn (a) in the ruins of Damascus, Safar	65, Safar	76Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) – Najafi reckoning, Safar, Wiladat of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a)	87, Safar	98, Safar	109Thirtieth of Ashura – Shahadat of Bibi Sakina (a), Safar
1110, Safar	1211, Safar	1312Wafat of Sakina bt. al-Husayn (a), Safar	1413, Safar	1514, Safar	1615, Safar	1716Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a) – 17 Safar reckoning, Safar
1817, Safar	1918, Safar	2019Arbain, Safar, Arbain juloos, Last Ten Days of Safar	2120, Safar	2221, Safar	2322, Safar	2423Wafat of Sayyida Zaynab (a), Safar
2524, Safar	2625, Safar	2726, Safar	2827Demise of the Holy Prophet (s), Safar, Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)	2928Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a), Safar, Laylat al-Mabit

Mourning
Celebration
Worship
Bar: in the calendar, no programme announced yet
Friday

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.

Observances in Safar

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1
WedThuThu
29 Sept30 Sept30 Sept
Arrival of the Karbala captives in Damascus
Mourning
3
FriSatSat
1 Oct2 Oct2 Oct
Wiladat of Imam al-Baqir (a)
Celebration · minority report
A’maal for this day →
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: 1 Rajab is the main date
- Iranian: 1 Rajab is the main date; 3 Safar per some reports
5
SunMonMon
3 Oct4 Oct4 Oct
Martyrdom of Sakina / Ruqayya bt. al-Husayn (a) in the ruins of Damascus
Mourning
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iranian: 5 Safar
- Hazara: 5 Safar
- Khoja: 9-10 Safar (Thirtieth of Ashura)
- Indo-Pak: 13 Safar, or 20 Muharram for Sakina
7
TueWedWed
5 Oct6 Oct6 Oct
Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)
Mourning · Najafi reckoning
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Iraqi: 7 Safar (Najaf hawza and Iraqi popular practice)
- Khoja: 7 Safar in practice (KSIMC London)
- Indo-Pak: 28 Safar
- Iranian: 28 Safar
7
TueWedWed
5 Oct6 Oct6 Oct
Wiladat of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a)
Celebration
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: 7 Safar 128 AH
- Iranian: 7 Safar, year 128 or 129 AH
10
FriSatSat
8 Oct9 Oct9 Oct
Thirtieth of Ashura
Mourning · Shahadat of Bibi Sakina (a)
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Khoja: 9-10 Safar (KSIMC London convention)
- Indo-Pak: 13 Safar or 20 Muharram
- Iranian: 5 Safar, as Ruqayya
13
MonTueTue
11 Oct12 Oct12 Oct
Wafat of Sakina bt. al-Husayn (a)
Mourning
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: 13 Safar (duas.org convention)
- Iranian: 5 Safar, as Ruqayya
- Khoja: 9-10 Safar
17
FriSatSat
15 Oct16 Oct16 Oct
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a)
Mourning · 17 Safar reckoning
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: 17 Safar (SABA, duas.org, IMAM-US print tradition)
- Khoja: Prints 17 but runs the majlis on 29 Safar (KSIMC London)
- Iranian: Last day of Safar
- Hazara: Last day of Safar
20
MonTueTue
18 Oct19 Oct19 Oct
Arbain
Mourning
Chehlum of Imam al-Husayn (a)
A’maal for this day →
20
MonTueTue
18 Oct19 Oct19 Oct
Arbain juloos
Mourning
A’maal for this day →
20
MonTueTue
18 Oct19 Oct19 Oct
Last Ten Days of Safar
Mourning
A’maal for this day →
24
FriSatSat
22 Oct23 Oct23 Oct
Wafat of Sayyida Zaynab (a)
Mourning
Also marked on 15 Rajab
28
TueWedWed
26 Oct27 Oct27 Oct
Demise of the Holy Prophet (s)
Mourning
A’maal for this day →
28
TueWedWed
26 Oct27 Oct27 Oct
Shahadat of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)
Mourning
A’maal for this day →
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Indo-Pak: 28 Safar
- Iranian: 28 Safar (national holiday)
- Iraqi: 7 Safar (Najaf hawza)
- Khoja: 7 Safar in practice (KSIMC London)
29
WedThuThu
27 Oct28 Oct28 Oct
Shahadat of Imam al-Rida (a)
Mourning
Observed on different dates by different communities
- Hazara: Last day of Safar (29 or 30)
- Khoja: Last day of Safar in diaspora practice
- Indo-Pak: 17 Safar in print