The World Federation Year Planner 2016 / 1437-1438

Thu
Fri

2016
January
1

Sat

Sun

1437
Rabial Awwal
Rabial Thaani

2016
April

Rabial Awwal 1437

Canada Kenya Madagascar Tanzania
Uganda UK USA Holiday

20

21

2016
22 February

Mon 4

23

Tue

24

Wed 6

25

26

Fri

27

Sat
Sun

28

10

29

Mon 11
Tue

12

30
Rabial Thaani

Pakistan Public Holiday

10

Thu

11

Jamaadi al Ula

21

22

Shahadat 7th Imam

Hazrat Musa e Kazim a.s.

27

24

29

28
29
Jamaadi al Ula

25

26

7
8

27

Wiladat 5th Imam

Hazrat Muhammad Baqir a.s.

Rajab

10
11

1
2

Shahadat 10th Imam

Hazrat Ali un Naqi a.s.

Rajab

23
24

Wafat Hazrat Abu Talib a.s.

2016
25 June
26

27

28

29

Meraj and Roz e Besat

Madagascar Public Holiday

30
Shabaan

28

12

10

Uganda Public Holiday

Total Solar Eclipse - SE Asia, NE Australia

1437
Shabaan
Ramadhan

Shabaan
India Kenya Public Holiday

24

Uganda Public Holiday

2016
July
1

Sat

Sun

1437
Ramadhan
Shawwaal

2016
October

Ramadhan

25

Jumatul Wida
Canada Public Holiday

26

2016
27 August

Mon

USA Public Holiday

28

Tue

Tanzania Uganda Public Holiday

29

Wed

30

Shawwaal

25

Thu

Eid al Fitr
Kenya Pakistan Tanzania Public Holiday

26

Fri

Pakistan Public Holiday

27

Sat

Pakistan Public Holiday

28

Sun

10

29

Mon

11

Tue

12

Wed

13

Thu

14

Ramadhan

26

27

1437 4
Dhul Qadah
Dhul Hijjah 5

2016
28 September
29
Dhul Qadah

10

Thu

Fri

29

30

10

10

Sat

Uganda Public Holiday

11

11

Sun

12

12

Mon

Dhul Hijjah

Shahadat 11th Imam

Hazrat Hassan Askari a.s.
Eid e Zehra s.a. and First day of
the imamat of Imam Hazrat Mehdi atfs
Tanzania Public Holiday

Pakistan Public Holiday

14

14

Wed

11

13

11

10

15

15

Thu

14

Ziyarat of Shuhada e Karbala

Tanzania Public Holiday

12

11

10

16

16

Fri

15

Formation of WF in 1976

13

12

11

17

17

Sat

12

18

18

Sun

13

19

19

Mon

12

10

Canada USA Public Holiday

Canada/USA clocks go back

Kenya Tanzania Public Holiday

15

16

14

11

Sat

16

10

13

17

15

12

Sun

17

11

14

10

11

Kenya Pakistan Public Holiday

16

14

13

14

18

10

16

13

Mon

18

12

15Wiladat 8th Imam Hazrat Ali Reza a.s.11

12

Shahadat Hazrat Muslim a.s. and

Roz e Arafat
Pakistan Uganda Public Holiday

17

15

14

15

19

11

17

14

Tue

19

13

16

12

13

Eid al Adh'ha

10

18

16

15

14

20

20

Tue

17

16

20

12

18

10

15

Wed

20

14

17

13

14

11

19

17

16

15

21

21

Wed

10

18

17

21

13

19

11

16

10

Thu

21

15

18

14

15

12

20

18

17

16

22

22

Thu

14

20

12

17

11

Fri

22

16

19

15

16

13

21

19

18

17

23

23

Fri

15

21

13

18

12

Sat

23

17

20

16

17

14

22

20

19

18

24

24

Sat

16

22

14

19

13

Sun

24

18

21

17

18

15

23

21

20

19

25

25

Sun

14

Mon

25

19

22

18

19

16

24

22

21

20

26

26

Mon

15

Tue

26

20

23

19

20

17

25

23

22

21

27

27

Tue

18

26

24

23

22

28

28

Wed

25

24

23

29

29

Thu

26

25

24

30

30

Fri

Wafat Sayyida Fatima s.a.

Canada/USA clocks go forward

21

Fri

22

11

19

10

18

22

Sat

23

12

20

11

19

23

Sun

24

13

21

12

20

10

24

14

22

15

Wed 27
Thu
Fri

Nawroz - 04.30 GMT

Imam Hazrat Musa Kazim a.s. Day

Wiladat 9th Imam

Hazrat Muhammad Taqi a.s.

Wiladat 1st Imam Hazrat Ali a.s.

Wafat Sayyida Zainab s.a.

Shab e Baraat and

Wiladat 12th Imam Hazrat Mehdi a.s.
Canada Public Holiday

Wafat Sayyida Khadija s.a.

Pakistan Public Holiday

Madagascar Public Holiday

Shahadat 5th Imam

Hazrat Muhammad Baqir a.s.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Europe Africa Asia Australia

Wiladat 10th Imam

Hazrat Ali un Naqi a.s.

13

21

11

25

17

23

15

20

23

14

22

12

26

18

24

16

21

16

24

15

23

13

27

19

25

17

22

16

Wed

27

21

24

20

21

28

17

25

16

24

14

28

20

26

18

23

17

Thu

28

22

25

21

22

19

27

29

18

26

17

25

15

29

21

27

19

24

18

Fri

29

23

26

22

23

20

28

Uganda Public Holiday

28

Thu

26

Wed

15

10

Fri

Wed 20

Roz e Ashura

16

12

10

Tue

19

Wiladat 4th Imam

Hazrat Ali Zainul Abideen a.s.

13

USA Public Holiday

30

Tue

15

Muharram
Twentieth Shuhada e Karbala
Madagascar Public Holiday
Safar

13

13

13

Wiladat Hazrat Abbas a.s.

Mon

Shahadat 2nd Imam

Hazrat Hassan a.s.

12

Wiladat Sayyida Zainab s.a.

14

Sun

14

2016
1 November

Muharram 1438

Shahadat Masuma e Qum s.a.

Pakistan Public Holiday

30

17

1438 4
Muharram
Safar 5

11

10

Sun

29

12

Sat

13

Wiladat 3rd Imam

Hazrat Hussain a.s.

28

Canada USA Public Holiday

11

16

Fri

10

Jamaadi al Thaani

Pakistan Public Holiday

13

Yawm e Gham

Shahadat 9th Imam

Hazrat Muhammad Taqi a.s.

29

Uganda Public Holiday

Dhul Qadah
Annular Solar Eclipse - Africa

Thu

Sat

Wafat Sayyida Fatima s.a.

(based on a narration)

Pakistan Public Holiday

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse - Pacific Ocean

Canada India Kenya Tanzania

Uganda UK Public Holiday

Sat

30

19

27

18

26

Sun

31

20

28

19

27

UK/Europe clocks go forward

29

20

28

Tue

Wiladat 2nd Imam

Hazrat Hassan a.s.

28

20

25

Shab e Zarbat 1st Imam

Hazrat Ali a.s.

19

Sat

30

17

29

21

26

Madagascar Public Holiday

20

Sun

31

Canada India Kenya Madagascar

Tanzania Uganda UK Public Holiday

18

30

22

27

21

Mon

29

29

Madagascar Public Holiday

19

31

23

28

22

Tue

Wed

30

Wiladat Sayyida Fatima s.a.

20

29

23

Wed

Thu

31

21

30

24

Mon

Shawwaal

Dhul Hijjah

Rabial Awwal

1437
Dhul Hijjah
Muharram

1437
Shawwaal
Dhul Qadah

11

Tue

Mon 25

26

25

12

Wiladat 11th Imam

Hazrat Hasan Askari a.s.

UK Public Holiday

Kenya Madagascar Pakistan

Tanzania Uganda Public Holiday

28

Tue

Fri

1437
Rajab
Shabaan

25

15

USA Public Holiday

23

Fri

Mon 18

24

27

Wed 13

2016
23 May

24

26

14

23

22

1437 3
Rabial Thaani 2016
Jamaadi al Ula
21 March Jamaadi al Thaani 4
22

Thu

Jamaadi al Thaani

1437
Rabi al Thaani
Jamaadi al Ula

Thu

1437
Jamaadi al Thaani
Rajab

1438
2016
Rabial Awwal
December Rabial Thaani

16

30

22

UK USA Public Holiday

Shahadat 1st Imam

Hazrat Ali a.s.
The World Federation
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Laylatul Qadr

Fri
Allama Haji Gulamali Haji Ismail - Birth 12th Safar 1297 AH (24th January 1880),
Death 8th Dhul Hijjah 1362 AH (6th December 1943)
Allama Haji Gulamali Haji Ismail, born in Bhavnagar, is popularly known as Haji Naji. He was a
muballigh with a clear vision, persuasive oratory and a lucid pen. Through the columns of a Monthly
magazine called Rah-e-Najat, first Translation of the Qur'an in Gujarati and over 400 religious books, his
words have transcended generations as much as oceans in making the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri
Community what is is today.
Mulla Asgharali M. M. Jaffer - Birth 10th Ramadhan 1355 AH (25th November 1936),
Death 14th Dhul Hijjah 1420 AH (21st March 2000)
Mulla Asghar, born in Mombasa was the Founding President of The World Federation. Through his
humanitarian work in relief of poverty and education, he is acclaimed as one of the most visionary
leaders for the entire Shia Community of our times. An orator and a writer par excellence, his lectures
and writings have helped many to rekindle the Islamic spirit, especially within Community newly settled
in the West over the past 4 decades.

New Moon - The New Moon phase is defined to be the moment when the moon is almost directly
between the Earth and the Sun. At this moment the moons dark surface faces the Earth. The New Moon
is completely invisible. The date and time of this invisible New Moon is commonly found in almanacs,
newspapers and calendars.
First Crescent - The Islamic month begins with the visible First Crescent and not with the invisible New
Moon. The First Crescent is usually sighted in the western sky just after sunset on the first or second
evening after the New Moon phase. The sighting depends upon the altitude of the crescent above the
horizon, the time difference between sunset and moonset and the angular distance between the sun and
the moon.
Visible Crescent - One should not confuse the New Moon with the visible thin crescent. It should be
realised that the new crescent following a lunar month of 30 days will be brighter and stay longer in the
sky than the crescent following a month of 29 days.

Regional Variations - The Islamic dates are based on expectation of crescent sighting in Europe
calculated from the latest available scientific data. During 1436/37 A.H. regional variations may occur for
some months. To fulfil the Shariah requirements we will continue to ascertain that the actual sighting has
occurred on the days expected.

Shahadat 6th Imam

Hazrat Jaffer Sadiq a.s.

24

27

23

24

25

28

24

25

25

26

30

26

27

31

27

Dahwul Ardh
UK Public Holiday

Eid e Ghadeer

Shahadat sons of
Hazrat Muslim a.s.

21

29

22

30

23

31

Kenya Public Holiday

Tenth Shuhada e Karbala

Shahadat 4th Imam

Hazrat Ali Zainul Abedin a.s.

UK/Europe clocks go back

Thirtieth Shuhada e Karbala

Canada USA Public Holiday

Pakistan Public Holiday

Chehlum of Shuhada e Karbala

USA Public Holiday

Milad un Nabi and

Wiladat 6th Imam Hazrat Jaffer Sadiq a.s.

Canada Kenya Madagascar

Pakistan Tanzania Uganda Public Holiday
Canada India Kenya Pakistan
Tanzania Uganda UK USA Public Holiday
UK Public Holiday

Rabial Thaani

Sat

27

26

25

28

27

26

Sun

29

28

27

Mon

31

24

29

Wafat Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.

28

Tue

28

25

30

Shahadat 8th Imam

Hazrat Ali Reza a.s.

29

Wed

Thu

29

26

Thu

Fri

30

27

Fri

Eid e Mubahila

Qamar Dar Akrab - According to narrations we should refrain from reciting the Nikah during
Qamar Dar Akrab when the moon is passing through the phase of Scorpio.

Islamic Dates for 2017

1 Jamaadi al Ula 1438

1 Jamaadi al Thaani 1438
1 Rajab 1438
1 Sha'baan 1438
1 Ramadhaan 1438
1 Shawwaal 1438

30 January 2017
28 February 2017
30 March 2017
28 April 2017
28 May 2017
26 June 2017

1 Dhul Qa'dah 1438

1 Dhul Hijjah 1438
1 Muharram 1439
1 Safar 1439
1 Rabi'al Awwal 1439
1 Rabi'al Thaani 1439

26 July 2017
24 August 2017
22 September 2017
22 October 2017
20 November 2017
20 December 2017

All dates subject to the sighting of the moon.

Information based on data from the H.M. Nautical Almanac Office and the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
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