محرم
Muharram 1448 AH
The first month, and one of the four sacred months. The Hijri year opens with it, and its tenth day is Ashura.
Begins on Tuesday 16 June 2026 and runs 29 days, to Tuesday 14 July 2026.
Projected from the Umm al-Qura calendar, as ActivePray reckons it. A Hijri month truly begins when the new crescent is seen, so it can open a day either side of this. Like every day of the Hijri year, each day begins at sunset the evening before.
Its holy days
As each branch keeps them, from ActivePray’s calendars.
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Tuesday 16 June 2026 · Shia
Islamic New Year
The first of Muharram. The month opens the mourning of Karbala, so the new year is entered quietly rather than kept as a feast.
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Tuesday 16 June 2026 · Sunni
Islamic New Year
The first of Muharram — the start of the Hijri year, marking the Prophet's migration to Medina.
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Wednesday 24 June 2026 · Shia
Tasuʿa
The ninth of Muharram — the eve of Ashura, when the camp of Husayn was surrounded and the water cut off.
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Thursday 25 June 2026 · Shia
Ashura
The martyrdom of Imam Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala. A day of mourning, majalis, and the Ziyarat of Ashura — not a day of fasting: the greater part of the jurists hold a fast on it disliked, and many forbid it. It is customary to abstain from food and drink until the afternoon in grief, then to break it.
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Thursday 25 June 2026 · Sunni
Day of Ashura
The tenth of Muharram — a recommended fast, kept with the ninth (Tasuʿa) so the day is distinguished.
The White Days
Three days of recommended fasting each lunar month, the Ayyām al-Bīḍ, when the moon is full. In Muharram 1448: Sunday 28 June 2026, Monday 29 June 2026 and Tuesday 30 June 2026.
In ActivePray, the Hijri date stands at the top of every day, with each prayer at its hour and the holy days and fasts of the year, in Sunni and in Twelver Shia practice.
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