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Important calendar occasions and events, with their historical background.
The Hussaini mourning calendar, from the 1st of Muharram to Arbaeen, spans roughly seventy days of the lunar year. This year (1449 AH), the period begins on June 6, 2027 (1 Muharram) and builds to its peak with Arbaeen on July 25, 2027 (20 Safar). What day is 1 Muharram 1449? 1 Muharram 1449 AH […]
The Islamic lunar calendar doesn’t give the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday a single, agreed-upon date. Most Sunni Muslims observe it on 12 Rabi al-Awwal; Shia Muslims observe it five days later, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal — a date that, in Shia tradition, is also the birthday of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, the sixth of the Twelve Imams. […]
In the Islamic lunar calendar and Shia tradition, 8 Rabi al-Awwal marks the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari, the eleventh Shia Imam and father of Imam al-Mahdi — a man who spent nearly his entire time as Imam in Samarra, under the direct watch of the Abbasid caliphate. This year (1448 AH), the date falls […]
In the Islamic lunar calendar, 1 Rabi al-Awwal marks the night historical sources describe as the start of the Hijra — Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Yathrib (present-day Medina), the very journey that would later become the starting point of the Islamic calendar itself. This year (1448 AH), the date falls on Friday, August […]
Arbaeen falls on the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain in Karbala — the 20th of Safar on the Islamic lunar calendar. This year (1449 AH), that date lands on approximately Sunday, July 25, 2027. Sunday, July 25, 2027 (approximate)Arbaeen — 20 Safar 1449 AH What Does "Arbaeen" Mean? Arbaeen is simply the […]
Ashura (10 Muharram) — the day Imam Husayn was killed in Karbala — falls this Islamic lunar year (1449 AH) on Tuesday, June 15, 2027. The month of Muharram itself begins around Sunday, June 6, 2027. Tuesday, June 15, 2027Day of Ashura — 10 Muharram 1449 AH Why does this date change every year? Unlike […]
Eid al-Mab’ath marks the day Shia tradition holds that the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation in the Cave of Hira and was formally called to prophethood — not his birth or death. It falls on 27 Rajab in the Islamic lunar calendar, which this year (1448 AH) corresponds to Wednesday, January 6, 2027. Wednesday, […]
In the Islamic lunar calendar and Iran’s official calendar, 29 Safar marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam — whose tomb in Tus grew over time into the city of Mashhad, the largest Shia pilgrimage site in Iran. This year (1448 AH), the date falls on Thursday, August 13, […]
In the Islamic lunar calendar, 28 Safar marks two sorrowful anniversaries observed together in Shia tradition: the passing of Prophet Muhammad in the 11th year after the Hijra, and the martyrdom of his grandson Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba, the second Shia Imam, in the 50th year after the Hijra — nearly four decades later. This year […]
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