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Hijri calendar

Safar 1418

June to July 1997 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.
  • 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. 1

    Sat
    7 June

  2. 3

    Mon
    9 June

    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
  3. 5

    Wed
    11 June

    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
  4. 7

    Fri
    13 June

    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
  5. 7

    Fri
    13 June

    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
  6. 10

    Mon
    16 June

    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
  7. 13

    Thu
    19 June

    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
  8. 17

    Mon
    23 June

    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
  9. 20

    Thu
    26 June

    Arbain

    Mourning

    Chehlum of Imam al-Husayn (a)

    A’maal for this day →

  10. 20

    Thu
    26 June

  11. 20

    Thu
    26 June

  12. 24

    Mon
    30 June

    Wafat of Sayyida Zaynab (a)

    Mourning

    Also marked on 15 Rajab

  13. 28

    Fri
    4 July

  14. 28

    Fri
    4 July

    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)
  15. 293030

    SatSunSun
    5 July6 July6 July

    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
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