شعبان
Shaʿban 1447 AH
The month before Ramadan. Its fifteenth night, the night of mid-Shaʿban, is kept awake in prayer by many.
Begins on Tuesday 20 January 2026 and runs 29 days, to Tuesday 17 February 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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Thursday 22 January 2026 · Shia
Birth of Imam Husayn
The birth of the third Imam. The first of the Shaʿban birthdays.
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Monday 2 February 2026 · Sunni
Laylat al-Bara'ah
The Night of Absolution, in mid-Shaʿban — kept from sunset with prayer and seeking forgiveness by many.
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Tuesday 3 February 2026 · Shia
Birth of Imam al-Mahdi
The birth of the twelfth Imam on the fifteenth of Shaʿban, kept with celebration. The night before it, the mid-Shaʿban night, is kept awake in prayer.
The White Days
Three days of recommended fasting each lunar month, the Ayyām al-Bīḍ, when the moon is full. In Shaʿban 1447: Sunday 1 February 2026, Monday 2 February 2026 and Tuesday 3 February 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.
ActivePray on the App StoreShaʿban in other years: 1448 AH · 1449 AH · 1450 AH · 1451 AH. Every month is on the Hijri months page, every holy day on the calendar and in Islam. Today’s Hijri date.