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)
Muharram
1M

Mourning of Muharram starts

2M

Arrival of Imam Hussain in Karbal, 61 A.H.

7M

Water supply to Imam Husain & his companions was stopped in Karbal

continues for 2 months and 8 days until the 8th of Rabi-al-awwal

9M
M
10
M
12 M
17 R

Tassooa/Shab-e-A'ashoora
A'ashoora
Shaam-e-Ghariba
Siyyum of Shaheed-e-Karbala
Aam-ul-feel

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.

29/30

20th day of A'ashoora

Battle of Sif'feen, 37 A.H.

prisoners of Karbal entered Yazid's palace in Syria

Remark/Notes

Night of A'ashoora
Martyrdom of Imam Hussain & his companions, 61 A.H.
Evening of A'ashoora
3rd day of A'ashoora
Abraha attacked on Ka'aba

Safar
1

7R
M
10

Birth of Imam Musa-e-Kazim, 128 A.H.

Due to mourning span it is not celebrated.

martyrdom of Janab-e-Sakina, youngest daughter of Hussain ibn Ali and a

prisoner of Karbal

M
R
12 R

30th day of A'ashoora

Victory to Ali in the Battle of Nahrawan
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
M
28
M

Ar'baeen/Chehlum
Wafat of Muhammad, 11 A.H.
Martyrdom of Imam Hasan, 50 A.H.

40th day of A'ashoora

Rabi-al-awwal
1R
5R

Hijrat (migration) of Muhammad

Wafat of Janab-e-Masooma-e-Qum

8M

Martyrdom of Imam Hasan Askari, 260 A.H.

Eid-e-Zahra

Imamat day of Imam-e-Zaman(a.t.f.s.)

10 R
14 R

Wafat of Janab-e-Abd'al Muttalib

Yazid (l.a.) was killed

15 R

First mosque (Quba Mosque) was established, 1 A.H.

17

C
C

18 R

Birth of Muhammad, 53 B.H.

Birth of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq, 83 A.H.
Birth of Janab-e-Umm-e-Kulsum Bint-e-Ali
Rabi-al-aakhir

8C

Birth of Imam Hasan Askari, 232 A.H.

Jamadi-al-awwal

1R
10 R

Death of Harun Rashid

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-ulAakhir

15 C

Birth of Imam Zain-ul-Abideen(a.s), 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(a.s)

According to some scholars on 3rd of Rajab

Rajab

1C

Birth of Imam Mohammed Baqir, 57 A.H.

7C

Birth of Hazrat Abbas, 36 A.H.

10 C

Birth of Imam Mohammad Taqi, 195 A.H.

13
15
18
20
22
24
25
26
27

Birth of Imam Ali, 23 B.H.

Martyrdom of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq
Wafat Hazrat Ibrahim
Birth of Janab-e-Sakina
Koo'nda (table cloth dinner)
Birth of Janab-e-Ali-Asgar
Martyrdom of Imam Musa-e-Kazim
Wafat of Hazrat Abu Talib
Eid-e-Meraj/Yaum-e-Be'asat

C
M
R
C
C
R
M
R
C

28 M

Imam Husayn ibn Al started his journey to Karbal from Medina, 60 A.H.

According to some scholars on 4th Shabaan

Niyaz/Nazr of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq

Shaban
1C
3C
4C
R
5

7R
14 R
15 C

Birth of Janab-e-Zainab, 6 A.H.

Birth of Imam Hussain, 4 A.H.
Birth of Hazrat Ghazi Abbas A S.
Birth of Janab-e-Ali Akbar
death of Janab-e-Fizza, the hand-maiden (Qaneez) of Janab-e-Fatima-az-Zahra
Birth of Janab-e-Qasim
Shab-e-Ba'raat
Birth of Imam-e-Zaman(a.t.f.s.)
Ramzan

4R

the Torah (Tawrat) was bestowed on Moses (Musa)

10 R

death of Janab-e-Khadijat-ul-Kubra first wife of Muhammed

12 R
15 R

Nuzool Injeel
Birth of Imam Hasan

17 R

Battle of Badr, first battle of Islam was won by the Muslims

18

R
R

19 M
20

R
R

21 M
22
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Nuzool Tawrait

R
R
R

Gospel (Injil) was bestowed on Jesus (Isa)

Nuzool Zuboor

the Psalms (Zabur) were bestowed on David (Dawood)

Shab-e-Qadr Yaum-e-Zarbat

Imam Ali(a.s) was struck on the head by a sword and wounded, 40 A.H.

Fateh Mecca

Conquest of Mecca

Shab-e-Qadr Martyrdom of Imam Ali, 40 A.H.

Imam Ali(a.s) died due to injuries he sustained by a sword

Nuzool Quran
Jumaatulwida

the Quran was bestowed on Muhammed

last Friday of Ramzan
Shawwal

1C
2R
8M

Eid-ul-Fitr
Battle of the Trench (Khandak)
Yaum-e-Gham

9R

Janab-e-Khadijat-ul-Kubra married to Muhammed

10 R

Ghaibat-e-Kubra-e-Imam-e-Zaman(a.t.f.s.)

15 R

Shahadat of Hazrat Hamzah in Battle of Uhud, 3 A.H.

29 R

Birth of Hazrat Abu Talib

Janat-ul-Baqi destroyed by Ibn Saud(l.a.)

According to Mafatih & Allama Jawadi

Zilqad
1R

Birth of Janab-e-Masoom-e-Qum

6R

Treaty of Hudaibiya was executed, 6 A.H.

11 C
R
R
25
R
R
29 M

Birth of Imam Ali Reza, 148 A.H.

Eid-e-Dahwool-e-Arz
Khana Ka'ba was established
Birth of Hazrat Ibrahim
Birth of Hazrat Isa
Martyrdom of Imam Mohammad Taqi, 220 A.H.

The earth was spread

Zilhaj
1R

Sayeda Fatima married to Hazrat Ali, 2 B.H.

3R

Renunciation of Hazrat Adam accepted

7M

Martyrdom of Imam Mohammad Baqir, 114 A.H.

8M

Imam Hussain started from Mecca to Karbala, 60 A.H.

Day of Arafah

Martyrdom of Janab-e-Muslim ibn Aqil & Hazrat Hani ibn Urwah in Kufa, 60 A.H.

10 C
15 C
16 M
18 C

Eid-uz-Zuha
Birth of Imam Ali Naqi(a.s), 212 A.H.
Wafat of Janab-e-Zainab
Eid-e-Ghadeer

19 R

Sayeda Fatima went to Hazrat Ali's house after their marriage

23 R

Martyrdom of Farzand-e-Muslim, 60 A.H.

24 C
27 R

Eid-e-Mubahila
Wafat of Janab-e-Meesum-e-Tammaar, 60 A.H.

Type symbols: C = Celebration, M = Mourning, R = Remembrance;

It is also a day of supererogatory fasting.

According to some scholars on 2nd Rajab or 5th Rajab