Following page lists various days of celebration/mourning/remembrance of Shi'a Muslims.
Following is list of days of celebration/mourning/remembrance as observed by Shi'a Twelver Muslims:
| List of celebration/mourning/remembrance as observed by Shi'a Twelver Muslims | | Date | Type | Event(celebration/mourning/remembrance) | Remark/Notes |
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| Muharram |
| 1 | M | Mourning of Muharram starts | continues for 2 months and 8 days until the 8th of Rabi-al-awwal |
| 2 | M | Arrival of Imam Hussain in Karbalā, 61 A.H. |
| 3 | M | Water supply to Imam Husain & his companions was stopped in Karbalā |
| 7 | M | Stored water in the tents runs out |
| 9 | M | Tassooa/Shab-e-A'ashoora | Night of A'ashoora |
| 10 | M | A'ashoora | Martyrdom of Imam Hussain & his companions, 61 A.H. |
| M | Shaam-e-Ghariba | Evening of A'ashoora |
| 12 | M | Siyyum of Shaheed-e-Karbala | 3rd day of A'ashoora |
| 17 | R | Aam-ul-feel | Abraha attacked on Ka'aba |
| 18 | R | Qibla was changed from Bait-ul-Muqqaddas to Ka'bah, 2 A.H. |
| 20 | M | 10th day of A'ashoora |
| 25 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Zain-ul-Abideen, 95 A.H. |
| 30 | M | 20th day of A'ashoora |
| Safar |
| 1 | R | Battle of Sif'feen, 37 A.H. |
| M | prisoners of Karbalā entered Yazid's palace in Syria |
| 7 | R | Birth of Imam Musa-e-Kazim, 128 A.H. | Due to mourning span it is not celebrated. |
| 10 | M | martyrdom of Janab-e-Sakina, youngest daughter of Hussain ibn Ali and a prisoner of Karbalā |
| M | 30th day of A'ashoora |
| R | Victory to Ali in the Battle of Nahrawan |
| 12 | R | Birth of Janab-e-Salman-e-Farsi |
| 17 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Ali Reza, 203 A.H. | According to some scholars 29 Safar or 23rd Zul'Hijjah |
| 20 | M | Ar'baeen/Chehlum | 40th day of A'ashoora |
| 28 | M | Wafat of Muhammad, 11 A.H. |
| M | Martyrdom of Imam Hasan, 50 A.H. |
| Rabi-al-awwal |
| 1 | R | Hijrat (migration) of Muhammad |
| 5 | R | Wafat of Janab-e-Masooma-e-Qum |
| 8 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Hasan Askari, 260 A.H. |
| 9 | C | Eid-e-Zahra |
| C | Imamat day of Imam-e-Zaman |
| 14 | R | Yazid was killed |
| 15 | R | First mosque (Quba Mosque) was established, 1 A.H. |
| 17 | C | Birth of Muhammad, 53 B.H. |
| C | Birth of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq, 83 A.H. |
| 18 | R | Birth of Janab-e-Umm-e-Kulsum Bint-e-Ali |
| Rabi-al-aakhir |
| 8 | C | Birth of Imam Hasan Askari, 232 A.H. |
| Jamadi-al-awwal |
| 1 | R | Death of Harun Rashid |
| 10 | R | Battle of the Camel |
| 14 | M | Martyrdom of Janab-e-Fatima-az-Zahra, 11 A.H. | According to some scholars on 13th of same month or 3rd Jamadi-ul-Aakhir |
| 15 | C | Birth of Imam Zain-ul-Abideen, 37 A.H. | According to some scholars on 15th of Jamadi-ul-Aakhir or 5th Shabaan |
| Jamadi-al-aakhir |
| 13 | R | death of Umm ul-Banin (mother of Abbas ibn Ali) |
| 20 | C | Birth of Janab-e-Fatima-az-Zahra, 8 B.H. |
| 26 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Ali Naqi | According to some scholars on 3rd of Rajab |
| Rajab |
| 1 | C | Birth of Imam Mohammed Baqir, 57 A.H. |
| 7 | C | Birth of Abbas, 36 A.H. | According to some scholars on 4th Shabaan |
| 10 | C | Birth of Imam Mohammad Taqi, 195 A.H. |
| 13 | C | Birth of Imam Ali, 23 B.H. |
| 15 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq |
| 18 | R | Wafat Ibrahim |
| 20 | C | Birth of Janab-e-Sakina |
| 22 | C | Koo'nda (table cloth dinner) | Niyaz/Nazr of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq |
| 24 | R | Birth of Janab-e-Ali-Asgar |
| 25 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Musa-e-Kazim |
| 26 | R | Wafat of Abu Talib |
| 27 | C | Eid-e-Meraj/Yaum-e-Be'asat |
| 28 | M | Imam Husayn ibn ‘Alī started his journey to Karbalā from Medina, 60 A.H. |
| Shaban |
| 1 | C | Birth of Janab-e-Zainab, 6 A.H. |
| 3 | C | Birth of Imam Hussain, 4 A.H. |
| 4 | C | Birth of Ghazi Abbas |
| 5 | R | Birth of Janab-e-Ali Akbar |
| R | death of Janab-e-Fizza, the hand-maiden (Qaneez) of Janab-e-Fatima-az-Zahra |
| 7 | R | Birth of Janab-e-Qasim |
| 14 | R | Shab-e-Ba'raat |
| 15 | C | Birth of Imam-e-Zaman |
| Ramzan |
| 4 | R | Nuzool Tawrait | the Torah (Tawrat) was bestowed on Moses (Musa) |
| 10 | R | death of Janab-e-Khadijat-ul-Kubra – first wife of Muhammed |
| 12 | R | Nuzool Injeel | Gospel (Injil) was bestowed on Jesus (Isa) |
| 15 | R | Birth of Imam Hasan |
| 17 | R | Battle of Badr, first battle of Islam was won by the Muslims |
| 18 | R | Nuzool Zuboor | the Psalms (Zabur) were bestowed on David (Dawood) |
| 19 | M | Shab-e-Qadr Yaum-e-Zarbat | Imam Ali was struck on the head by a sword and wounded, 40 A.H. |
| 20 | R | Fateh Mecca | Conquest of Mecca |
| 21 | M | Shab-e-Qadr Martyrdom of Imam Ali, 40 A.H. | Imam Ali died due to injuries he sustained by a sword |
| 22 | R | Nuzool Quran | the Quran was bestowed on Muhammed |
| xx | R | Jumaatulwida | last Friday of Ramzan |
| Shawwal |
| 1 | C | Eid-ul-Fitr |
| 2 | R | Battle of the Trench (Khandak) |
| 8 | M | Yaum-e-Gham | Janat-ul-Baqi destroyed by Ibn Saud |
| 9 | R | Janab-e-Khadijat-ul-Kubra married to Muhammed |
| 10 | R | Ghaibat-e-Kubra-e-Imam-e-Zaman |
| 15 | R | Shahadat of Hamzah in Battle of Uhud, 3 A.H. | According to Mafatih Al-Jinan & Allama Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi |
| 29 | R | Birth of Abu Talib |
| Zilqad |
| 1 | R | Birth of Janab-e-Masoom-e-Qum |
| 6 | R | Treaty of Hudaibiya was executed, 6 A.H. |
| 11 | C | Birth of Imam Ali Reza, 148 A.H. |
| 25 | R | Eid-e-Dahwool-e-Arz | The earth was spread |
| R | Khana Ka'ba was established |
| R | Birth of Ibrahim |
| R | Birth of Isa |
| 29 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Mohammad Taqi, 220 A.H. |
| Zilhaj |
| 1 | R | Sayeda Fatima married to Ali, 2 B.H. |
| 3 | R | Renunciation of Adam accepted |
| 7 | M | Martyrdom of Imam Mohammad Baqir, 114 A.H. |
| 8 | M | Imam Hussain started from Mecca to Karbala, 60 A.H. |
| 9 | R | Day of Arafah | It is also a day of supererogatory fasting. |
| M | Martyrdom of Janab-e-Muslim ibn Aqil & Hani ibn Urwah in Kufa, 60 A.H. |
| 10 | C | Eid-uz-Zuha |
| 15 | C | Birth of Imam Ali Naqi, 212 A.H. | According to some scholars on 2nd Rajab or 5th Rajab |
| 16 | M | Wafat of Janab-e-Zainab |
| 18 | C | Eid-e-Ghadeer |
| 19 | R | Sayeda Fatima went to Ali's house after their marriage |
| 23 | R | Martyrdom of Farzand-e-Muslim, 60 A.H. |
| 24 | C | Eid-e-Mubahila |
| 27 | R | Wafat of Janab-e-Meesum-e-Tammaar, 60 A.H. |
Type symbols: C = Celebration, M = Mourning, R = Remembrance;
Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090220225201/http://jaffery.co.in/2009.html Jaffery Welfare Trust: 2009 Islamic calendar] & various other calendars and almanacs. |
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