2024 / 1445-46

1445 1445
2024 Jumada ath-Thaniyah 2024 Ramadan
January Rajab April Shawwaal
Jumada ath-Thaniyah Ramadan

Mon 1 18
Shahadat 1st Imam Hazrat Ali a.s.
Australia, Canada, Kenya, Madagascar
Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA Holiday 1 Australia, Canada, Kenya, Madagascar 21
Tanzania, Uganda, UK Holiday
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2024 Shawwaal
Tue 2 19 2 22 May Dhu al-Qa’dah
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Shawwaal
2024 Rajab
Wed 3 20 3 23 1 22
Wiladat Sayyida Fatima s.a. Laylatul Qadr Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan,
February Sha’ban Tanzania, Uganda, Holiday
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Rajab
2024 Sha’ban
Thu 4 21 1 20 March Ramadan 4 24 2 23
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Sha’ban
2024 Dhu al-Qa‘dah
Fri 5 22 2 21 1 19 5 Quds Day 25 3 24 June Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Qa‘dah
Sat 6 23 3 22 2 20 6 26 4 25 1 23
Shahadat 6th Imam Kenya Holiday
Hazrat Ja’far Sadiq a.s.

Sun 7 24 4 23 3 21 7 Tanzania Holiday 27 5 26 2 24

Total Solar Eclipse:
Mon 8 25 5 28 6 27 3
Dahwul Ardh
Pakistan Holiday 24 4 22 8 visible in West in Europe, North America,
North in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
UK Holiday
Uganda Holiday 25

Tue 9 26 6 25 5 23 9 29 7 28 4 26
Shahadat 7th Imam
Hazrat Musa Kadhim a.s.

Eid al Fitr Shawwaal

Wed 10 27 7 26 6 1 8 29 5 27
Wafat
Hazrat Abu Talib a.s. 24 10 India, Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan,
Tanzania, Uganda Public Holiday

Thu 11 28 8 Meraj and Roz e Besat 27 7 25 11 Pakistan Holiday 2 9 Madagascar Holiday 30 6 28

Dhu al-Qa‘dah
Fri 12 29 9 3 10 1 7
Shahadat 9th Imam
Tanzania Holiday 28 8 India, Madagascar, Uganda Holiday 26 12 Pakistan Holiday
Hazrat Muhammad Taqi a.s. 29
Rajab Dhu al-Hijjah
Sat 13 1 10 4 11 2 8
Wiladat 5th Imam
Hazrat Muhammad Baqir a.s. 29 9 27 13 Pakistan Holiday 1

Sun 14 India Holiday 2 11 30 10

Canada/USA
Clocks go forward 28 14 5 12 3 9 Uganda Holiday 2
Shahadat 10th Imam Sha’ban
Mon 15 Hazrat Ali un Naqi a.s.
USA Holiday
3 12 1 11 29 15 6 13 4 10 3
Ramadan
Tue 16 4 13 2 12 1 16 7 14 5 11 4

Wed 17 5 14 Wiladat 3rd Imam

Hazrat Husayn a.s. 3 13 2 17 Yawn e Gham
India Holiday 8 15 6 12 5

Thu 18 6 15 Wiladat
Hazrat Abbas a.s. 4 14 3 18 9 16 7 13 6
Wiladat 4th Imam
Fri 19 Hazrat Musa Kadhim a.s. Day 7 16 Hazrat Ali Zayn al-Abidin a.s
Uganda Holiday.
5 15 4 19 10 17 8 14
Shahadat 5th Imam
Hazrat Muhammad Baqir a.s. 7

Sat 20 8 17 6 16 5 20 11 18 9 15 8

Sun 21 9 18 7 17 6 21 India Holiday 12 19 10 16

Shahadat Hazrat Muslim a.s.
& Roz e Arafat 9

Mon
Wiladat 8th Imam Eid al Adh’ha
22 10 19 13 20 11 17
Wiladat 9th Imam
Hazrat Muhammad Taqi a.s.
USA Holiday 8 18 7 22 Hazrat Ali Rida a.s. India, Kenya, Madagascar,
Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda Holiday
10
Canada, Madagascar Holiday

Tue 23 11 20 9 19 8 23 14 21 12 18 Pakistan Holiday 11

Wed 24 12 21 10 20 Nowrooz @ 03:06 GMT 9 24 15 22 13 19 Pakistan, USA Holiday 12

Thu 25
Wiladat 1st Imam
Hazrat Ali a.s. 13 22 11 21 Wafat Sayyida Khadija s.a. 10 25 Australia Holiday 16 23 India Holiday 14 20 13

Fri 26 Australia, India, Uganda Holiday 14 23 12 22 11 26 Tanzania Holiday 17 24 15 21 14

Sat 27
Wafat
Sayyida Zaynab s.a. 15 24 13 23 Pakistan Holiday 12 27 18 25 16 22
Wiladat 10th Imam
Hazrat Ali un Naqi a.s. 15

Sun 28 16 25 14 24 13 28 19 26 17 23 16

Mon 29 17 26 Wiladat 12th Imam Hazrat Mahdi a.s. 15 25

Shab e Baraat and
India Holiday 14 29 20 27 UK, USA Holiday 18 24 17

Tue 30 18 27 16 26
Wiladat 2nd Imam
Hazrat Hasan a.s. 15 30 21 28 19 25 Eid e Ghadeer 18

Wed 31 19 28 17 27 16 29 20 26 Madagascar Holiday 19

Regional Variations -
The Islamic dates are based on
Thu All dates subject to the sighting of 29 18 28 17 expectation of crescent sighting in 30 21 27 20
the moon. Information based on Europe calculated from the latest
data from the H.M. Nautical available scientific data. During
Fri Almanac Office and the Royal 29
Australia, Canada, India, Kenya
Tanzania, Uganda, UK, Holiday 18 1445/46 A.H. regional variations 31 22 28 21
Greenwich Observatory. may occur for some months. To
fulfil the Shariah requirements we
Sat Qamar Dar Akrab - According to narrations we should refrain from 30 Shab e Zarbat
1st Imam Hazrat Ali a.s. 19 will continue to ascertain that the 29
Shahadat
Sons of Hazrat Muslim a.s 22
reciting the Nikah during Qamar Dar Akrab when the moon is actual sighting has occurred on the New Moon -
passing through the phase of Scorpio. days expected. The New Moon phase is defined to
Sun 31 UK/Europe Clocks go forward 20 be the moment when the moon is 30 23
Visible Crescent - almost directly between the Earth
Islamic Dates for 2025 One should not confuse the New and the Sun. At this moment the
1 Rajab 1446 02 January 2025 1 Muharram 1447 27 June 2025 Moon with the visible thin crescent. moon’s dark surface faces the
1 Sha'ban 1446 31 January 2025 1 Safar 1447 27 July 2025 It should be realised that the new Earth. The New Moon is completely
1 Ramadan 1446 02 March 2025 1 Rabi al-Awwal 1447 26 August 2025 crescent following a lunar month of invisible. The date and time of this
1 Shawwaal 1446 31 March 2025 1 Rabi al-Akhar 1447 25 September 2025 30 days will be brighter and stay invisible New Moon is commonly
1 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1446 29 April 2025 1 Jumada al-Ula 1447 24 October 2025 longer in the sky than the crescent found in almanacs, newspapers
1 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 29 May 2025 1 Jumada ath-Thaniyah 1447 23 November 2025 following a month of 29 days. and calendars.

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1445
2024 Dhu al-Hijjah
July 1446 Muharram
1446
Dhu al-Hijjah
2024 Rabi al-Awwal
Mon 1 24
Eid e Mubahila
Canada Holiday October Rabi al-Akhar
Rabi al-Awwal
Tue 2 25 1 26
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2024 Muharram
Wed 3 26 August Safar 2 27
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Muharram Annular Solar Eclipse - visible in much of South
2024 Rabi al-Akhar
Thu 4 27 1
Shahadat 4th Imam
USA Holiday Hazrat Ali Zayn al-Abidin a.s. 25 3 America, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica.
India Holiday
28 November Jumada al-Ula
Rabi al-Akhar
Fri 5 28 2 26 4 29 1 India, Madagascar
Holiday
27
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2024 Safar 2024 Jumada al-Ula
Sat 6 29 3 27 September Rabi al-Awwal 5 30 2 28 December Jumada ath-Thaniyah
Safar Rabi al-Akhar Jumada al-Ula
Sun 7 Tanzania Holiday 30 4 28 1 26 6 1 3 USA/Canada Clocks go back 29 1 27
Muharram 1446
Mon 8 1 5 29 2 Canada, USA Holiday 27 7 2 4 30 2 28
Jumada al-Ula
Tue
Twentieth
9 2 6
Wafat Prophet
Shuhada e Kerbala 30 3 Muhammad s.a.w. 28 8 3 5 1 3 29
Safar Jumada ath-Thaniyah
Wed 10 3 7 1 4
Shahadat 8th Imam
Hazrat Ali Rida a.s. 29 9 Uganda Holiday
4 6 2 4 1

Thu 11 4 8 Tanzania Holiday

2 5 30 10 Kenya Holiday 5 7 3 5 2
Rabi al-Awwal
Fri 12 5 9 3 6 1 11 6 8 4 6
Wafat Sayyida Fatima s.a.
(based on a narration) 3

Sat 13 6 10 4 7 2 12 India Holiday 7 9

Wiladat
Sayyida Zaynab a.s. 5 7 4

Sun 14 7 11 5 8 3 13 8 10 6 8 5

Mon 15 8 12 6 9
Shahadat
Masuma e Qum s.a.* 4 14 Tanzania, Canada, USA Holiday 9 11 Canada, USA Holiday 7 9 Tanzania Holiday 6

Tue 16 9 13 Shahadat 2nd Imam

Hazrat Hasan a.s. 7 10 5 15
Wiladat 11th Imam
Hazrat Hasan al-Askari a.s.** 10 12 8 10 7

Wed 17 Roz e Ashura

India., Pakistan Holiday 10 14 Pakistan Holiday 8 11 6 16 11 13 9 11 8

Thu 18 11 15
India, Madagascar
Holiday 9 12 7 17 12 14 10 12 Kenya Holiday 9

Fri 19 Ziyarat of Shuhada e Kerbala 12 16 Thirtieth Shuhada e Kerbala 10 13

Shahadat 11th Imam
Hazrat Hasan al-Askari a.s. 8 18 13 15 India Holiday 11 13 10

Sat 20 13 17 11 14 Eid e Zehra s.a. 9 19 14 16 12 14 11

Sun 21 14 18 12 15 10 20 Kenya Holiday 15 17

Wafat Sayyida Fatima s.a.
(based on a narration) 13 15 12

Mon 22 15 19 13 16 11 21 Kenya Holiday

16 18 14 16 Wafat Bibi Umm al-Banin s.a. 13

Tue 23 16 20 14 17
India, Pakistan,
Tanzania Holiday 12 22 17 19 15 17 14
Partial Lunar Eclipse: visible in Europe,
Wed 24 17 21 15 18
South/West Asia, Africa, North America,South
America, Pacific, Atlantic, 13 23 18 20 16 18 15
Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.

Thu 25 18 22 16 19 14 24 19 21 17 19 16

Fri 26 19 23 17 20 15 25 20 22 18 20 17

Sat 27 Tenth Shuhada e Kerbala 20 24 18 21 16 26 21 23 19 21 18

Sun 28 21 25 19 22
Milad un Nabi & Wiladat 6th Imam
Hazrat Ja‘far Sadiq a.s. 17 27 UK/Europe Clocks go back
22 24 20 22 19

Mon
Chehlum
29 22 26 Shuhada e Kerbala 20 23 18 28 23 25 21 23 Wiladat Sayyida Fatima s.a. 20
India, UK Holiday

Tue 30 23 27 21 24 19 29 24 26 22 24 21

Wed
Australia, Canada, India, Kenya,
31 24 28 22 25 20 30 25 27 23 25 Madagascar, Pakistan, Tanzania,
Uganda, UK, USA Holiday
22

Thu 29 23 26 21 31 26 28 USA Holiday 24 26

Australia, Canada, Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda, UK Holiday 23

Fri 30 24 27 22
PLEASE NOTE:
*4th Rabi al-Awwal: Mu’mineen 29 25 27 24
First Crescent - should note of the 3 reported wafat
Sat The Islamic month begins with the
visible First Crescent and not with 31 25 28 23
dates, 2 other dates are 10th
(popular) or 12th Rabi al-Akhar 30 26 28 25
the invisible New Moon. The First (less popular).
Sun Crescent is usually sighted in the
western sky just after sunset on the 29 24 They are advised to consult with They are advised to consult with
local centers as to what works 29 26
local centers as to what works
first or second evening after the better for them to avoid overlap better for them to avoid overlap with
Mon New Moon phase. The sighting
depends upon the altitude of the 30 Canada Holiday 25 with wiladat date. wafat date.
30 27
crescent above the horizon, time **10th Rabi al-Akhar: Mu’mineen
difference between sunset and should note of the 4 reported All rights reserved. This calendar may
moonset and the angular distance wiladat dates, 2 popular ones are not be reproduced without written 31 28
between the sun and the moon. 8th or 10th Rabi al-Akhar. consent from the Secretariat of The
World Federation.

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