شعبان
Shaʿban 1450 AH
The month before Ramadan. Its fifteenth night, the night of mid-Shaʿban, is kept awake in prayer by many.
Begins on Sunday 17 December 2028 and runs 30 days, to Monday 15 January 2029.
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 19 December 2028 · Shia
Birth of Imam Husayn
The birth of the third Imam. The first of the Shaʿban birthdays.
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Saturday 30 December 2028 · 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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Sunday 31 December 2028 · 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 1450: Friday 29 December 2028, Saturday 30 December 2028 and Sunday 31 December 2028.
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: 1447 AH · 1448 AH · 1449 AH · 1451 AH. Every month is on the Hijri months page, every holy day on the calendar and in Islam. Today’s Hijri date.