2023 / 1444-45 1444 - The Year of the Qur’an

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2023 Jumada ath-Thaniyah
January Rajab
1444
Jumada ath-Thaniyah
2023 Shawwaal
Sun 1 Australia, Canada, Kenya, Madagascar
Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA Holiday
7 May Dhu al-Qa’dah
Shawwaal

Mon 2 8 1 10
Kenya, UK, USA Holiday Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan,
Tanzania, Uganda, UK Holiday
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2023 Rajab 2023 Sha’ban
Tue 3 9 February Sha’ban March Ramadan 2 11
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Rajab Sha’ban
2023 Dhu al-Qa‘dah
Wed 4 10 1 9 1 8 3 12 June Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Qa‘dah
Thu 5 11 2 10 2 9 4 13 1 12
Wiladat 9th Imam
Kenya Holiday
Hazrat Muhammad Taqi a.s.
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2023 Ramadan
Fri 6 12 3 11 3 10 April Shawwaal 5 India Holiday 14 2 13
Ramadan
Sat 7 Wafat Bibi Umm al-Banin s.a. 13 4 12 4 11 1 Wafat Sayyida Khadija s.a. 10 6 15 3 Uganda Holiday 14
Wiladat 1st Imam
Sun 8 14 5 Hazrat Ali a.s.
Pakistan Holiday
13 5 12 2 11 7 16 4 15

Mon 9 15 6 14 6 13 3 12 8 17 5 16

Tue 10 16 7 15 7 14 4 13 9 18 6 17
Wafat
India Holiday India Holiday
Sayyida Zaynab s.a.

Shab e Baraat &

Wed 11 17 8 16 8 Wiladat 12th Imam Hazrat Mahdi a.s.
India, Madagascar, Uganda Holiday
15 5 14 10 19 7 18

Thu 12 Tanzania Holiday 18 9 17 9 16 6 Wiladat 2nd Imam

Hazrat Hasan a.s. 15 11 20 8 19

Fri 13 19 10 18 10 17 7
Australia, Canada, India, Kenya
Tanzania, Uganda, UK, Holiday 16 12 21 9 Uganda Holiday 20

Sat 14
Wiladat Sayyida Fatima s.a.
India Holiday 20 11 19 11 18 8 17 13 22 10 21

Sun 15 21 12 20 12 Canada/USA
Clocks go forward 19 9 18 14 23 11 22
Shab e Zarbat 1st Imam Hazrat Ali a.s.
Mon 16 USA Holiday 22 13 21 13 20 10 Australia, Canada, Kenya, Madagascar
Tanzania, Uganda, UK Holiday
19 15 24 12 23

Tue
Shahadat 6th Imam
17 23 14 22 14 21 11 20 16 Hazrat Ja’far Sadiq a.s. 25 13 24

Wed
Shahadat 1st Imam
18 24 15 23 15 22 12 Hazrat Ali a.s. 21 17 26 14 Dahwul Ardh 25

Thu 19 25 16 Uganda Holiday 24 16 23 13 22 18 Madagascar Holiday 27 15 26

Fri
Shahadat 7th Imam
20 26 17 Hazrat Musa Kadhim a.s. 25 17 24 14 Laylatul Qadr 23 19 28 16 27
Wafat
Sat 21 27 18 Hazrat Abu Talib a.s.
India Holiday
26 18 25 15 24 20 29 17 28
Dhu al-Qa‘dah
Sun 22 28 19 Meraj and Roz e Besat 27 19 26 16 25 21 1 18
Shahadat 9th Imam
Hazrat Muhammad Taqi a.s. 29

Mon 23 29 20 USA Holiday 28 20 Nowrooz @ 21.24 GMT 27 17 26 22 Canada Holiday 2 19 30

Rajab Dhu al-Hijjah
Tue 24
Wiladat 5th Imam
Hazrat Muhammad Baqir a.s. 1 21 29 21 28 18 27 23 3 20 1
Sha’ban
Wed 25 2 22 1 22 29 19 28 24 4 21 2
Shahadat 10th Imam Ramadan Total Solar Eclipse:
Thu 26 Hazrat Ali un Naqi a.s. 3 23 2 23 Pakistan Public Holiday 1 20 will fall across parts of Australia, 29 25 5 22 3
Australia, India, Uganda Holiday East Timor and Indonesia

Fri 27 4 24
Wiladat 3rd Imam
Hazrat Husayn a.s. 3 24 2 21 Quds Day 30 26 6 23 4
Shawwaal
Sat Wiladat Eid al Fitr
28 5 25 Hazrat Abbas a.s. 4 25 3 22 India, Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan,
Tanzania, Uganda Public Holiday
1 27 7 24 5

Sun 29 6 26
Wiladat 4th Imam
Hazrat Ali Zayn al-Abidin a.s. 5 26 UK/Europe Clocks go forward 4 23 Pakistan Holiday 2 28 8 25 6

Mon
Shahadat 5th Imam
30 Hazrat Musa Kadhim a.s. Day 7 27 6 27 5 24 Pakistan Holiday 3 29 Madagascar, UK, USA Holiday 9 26 Hazrat Muhammad Baqir a.s. 7
Madagascar Holiday

Tue 31 8 28 7 28 6 25 Australia Holiday 4 30 10 27 8

Wed All dates subject to the sighting of

the moon. Information based on 29 Madagascar Holiday 7 26 Tanzania Holiday 5 31
Wiladat 8th Imam
Hazrat Ali Rida a.s. 11 28
Shahadat Hazrat Muslim a.s.
& Roz e Arafat 9
data from the H.M. Nautical
Thu
Eid al Adh’ha
Almanac Office and the Royal
Greenwich Observatory. 30 India Holiday 8 27 6 29 India, Kenya, Pakistan, 10
Tanzania, Uganda Holiday

Fri Qamar Dar Akrab - According to narrations we should refrain from

reciting the Nikah during Qamar Dar Akrab when the moon is 31 9 28 7 30 Pakistan Holiday 11
passing through the phase of Scorpio. Regional Variations -
The Islamic dates are based on
Sat 29 Yawn e Gham 8 expectation of crescent sighting in
Islamic Dates for 2024 Europe calculated from the latest Visible Crescent -
1 Rajab 1445 13 January 2024 1 Muharram 1446 08 July 2024 available scientific data. During One should not confuse the New
1 Sha'ban 1445 12 February 2024 1 Safar 1446 07 August 2024 30 9 1444/45 A.H. regional variations Moon with the visible thin crescent.
1 Ramadan 1445 12 March 2024 1 Rabi al-Awwal 1446 06 September 2024 may occur for some months. To It should be realised that the new
1 Shawwaal 1445 10 April 2024 1 Rabi al-Akhar 1446 06 October 2024 fulfil the Shariah requirements we crescent following a lunar month of
1 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1445 10 May 2024 1 Jumada al-Ula 1446 05 November 2024 will continue to ascertain that the 30 days will be brighter and stay
1 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445 08 June 2024 1 Jumada ath-Thaniyah 1446 04 December 2024 actual sighting has occurred on the longer in the sky than the crescent
days expected. following a month of 29 days.

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 2023 / 1444-45 1444 - The Year of the Qur’an

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2023 Rabi al-Awwal
October Rabi al-Akhar
Rabi al-Awwal

Sun 1 14
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2023 Muharram
Mon August Safar 2 India Holiday 15
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Muharram
2023 Rabi al-Akhar
Tue 1 13 3 16 November Jumada al-Ula
Rabi al-Akhar
Wed
Milad un Nabi & Wiladat 6th Imam
2 14 4 Hazrat Ja‘far Sadiq a.s. 17 1 Madagascar Holiday 16
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2023 Safar 2023 Jumada al-Ula
Thu 3 15 September Rabi al-Awwal 5 18 2 17 December Jumada ath-Thaniyah
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Safar Jumada al-Ula
2023 Dhu al-Hijjah
Fri July 1445 Muharram 4 16 1 14 6 19 3 18 1 16
Dhu al-Hijjah
Sat 1 Canada, Pakistan Holiday 12 5 17 2 15 7 20 4 19 2 17

Sun 2 13 6 18 3 16 8 21 5 USA/Canada Clocks go back

20 3 18

Mon 3 14 7 Canada Holiday 19 4 Canada, USA Holiday 17 9 Canada, Uganda, USA Holiday
22 6 21 4 19
Wiladat 10th Imam
Tue
Tenth Shuhada e Kerbala
4 Hazrat Ali un Naqi a.s.
USA Holiday
15 8 Tanzania Holiday 20 5 18 10 Kenya Holiday 23 7 22 5 20

Wed 5 16 9 21 6 19 11 24 8 23 6 21
Chehlum
Thu 6 17 10 22 7 Shuhada e Kerbala
India Holiday
20 12 25 9 24 7 22

Fri
Eid e Ghadeer
7 Tanzania Holiday 18 11 23 8 21 13 26 10 USA Holiday 25 8 23
Great American Annular Solar Eclipse: will be

Sat 8 19 12 24 9 22 14 27 11
visible in parts of the United States, Mexico,
and several South American countries. 26 9 Tanzania Holiday 24
Tanzania Holiday

Sun 9 20 13
Shahadat 4th Imam
Hazrat Ali Zayn al-Abidin a.s. 25 10 23 15 28 12 India Holiday 27 10 25

Mon 10 21 14 Pakistan Holiday 26 11 24 16 29 13 28 11 26

Rabi al-Akhar
Tue 11
Shahadat
Sons of Hazrat Muslim a.s 22 15
India, Madagascar
Holiday 27 12 25 17 1 14 29 12 Kenya Holiday 27

Wed 12 23 16 28 13 26 18 2 15 30 13 28
Jumada al-Ula
Thu 13 Eid e Mubahila 24 17 29 14 27 19 3 16 1 14 29
Jumada ath-Thaniyah
Fri 14 25 18
Twentieth
Shuhada e Kerbala 30 15
Wafat Prophet
Muhammad s.a.w. 28 20 Kenya Holiday 4 17 2 15 1
Safar
Sat 15 26 19 1 16
Shahadat 8th Imam
Hazrat Ali Rida a.s. 29 21 5 18 3 16 2

Sun 16 27 20 2 17 30 22 6 19 4 17
Wafat Sayyida Fatima s.a.
(based on a narration) 3
Rabi al-Awwal
Mon 17 28 21 3 18 1 23 7 20
Wiladat
Sayyida Zaynab a.s. 5 18 4

Tue 18 29 22 4 19 2 24 India Holiday 8 21 6 19 5

Wed 19 30 23 5 20 3 25 9 22 7 20 6
Muharram 1445
Thu 20 1 24 6 21 Shahadat Masuma e Qum s.a.* 4 26
Wiladat 11th Imam
Hazrat Hasan al-Askari a.s.** 10 23 USA Holiday 8 21 7

Fri 21 2 25
Shahadat 2nd Imam
Hazrat Hasan a.s. 7 22 5 27 11 24 9 22 8

Sat 22 3 26 8 23 6 28
Partial Lunar Eclipse:
should be visible in most
regions of the world. 12 25 10 23 9

Sun 23 4 27 9 24 7 29 UK/Europe Clocks go back 13 26 11 24 10

Mon
Australia, Canada, India, Kenya,
24 5 28 Thirtieth Shuhada e Kerbala
UK Holiday 10 25
Shahadat 11th Imam
Hazrat Hasan al-Askari a.s. 8 30 14 27 India Holiday 12 25 Madagascar, Pakistan, Tanzania, 11
Uganda, UK, USA Holiday

Tue 25 6 29 11 26 Eid e Zehra s.a. 9 31 15 28

Wafat Sayyida Fatima s.a.
(based on a narration) 13 26
Australia, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania,
Uganda, UK Holiday 12

Wed 26 7 30 12 27 India, Tanzania Holiday 10

first or second evening after the
New Moon phase. The sighting
29 14 27 Wafat Bibi Umm al-Banin s.a. 13
depends upon the altitude of the
Thu 27 8 31 13 28 11
crescent above the horizon, time
difference between sunset and
30 15 28 14
moonset and the angular distance
Fri 28 9 29 Pakistan Holiday
12
between the sun and the moon.
**10th Rabi al-Akhar: Mu’mineen 29 15
New Moon - PLEASE NOTE: should note of the 4 reported
wiladat dates, 2 popular ones are
Sat 29
Roz e Ashura
India., Pakistan Holiday 10
The New Moon phase is defined to
be the moment when the moon is 30 Canada Holiday 13
*4th Rabi al-Awwal: Mu’mineen
8th or 10th Rabi al-Akhar. 30 16
should note of the 3 reported wafat
almost directly between the Earth dates, 2 other dates are 10th They are advised to consult with
Sun 30 Pakistan Holiday 11
and the Sun. At this moment the
moon’s dark surface faces the
First Crescent - (popular) or 12th Rabi al-Akhar local centers as to what works
better for them to avoid overlap with 31 17
The Islamic month begins with the (less popular).
Earth. The New Moon is completely wafat date.
visible First Crescent and not with the They are advised to consult with
Mon 31 Ziyarat of Shuhada e Kerbala 12
invisible. The date and time of this
invisible New Moon is commonly
invisible New Moon. The First local centers as to what works All rights reserved. This calendar may
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Crescent is usually sighted in the better for them to avoid overlap
found in almanacs, newspapers consent from the Secretariat of The
western sky just after sunset on the with wiladat date.
and calendars. World Federation.

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