When is Ashura?
Ashura 2027 is expected on or about Tuesday, June 15, 2027.
Dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar. Many communities wait for the new moon to be seen, so the day can be one day later where you live.
Sunni Muslims often fast on this day. Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at Karbala.
How the date is set: 10 Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
The date in other years
A short history
Ashura (Arabic: عَاشُورَاء, ʿĀshūrāʾ [ʕaːʃuːˈraːʔ]), also more formally as the Day of Ashura (Arabic: يوم عاشوراء, romanized: Yawm ʿĀshūrāʾ), is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Shia Muslims, Ashura is a day of mourning as they annually commemorate the death of Husayn, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia Imam. Husayn's suffering and martyrdom are viewed by Muslims a symbol of sacrifice in the struggle for right against wrong, and for justice and truth against injustice and falsehood.
From Wikipedia’s article Ashura, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
- Umm al-Qura calendar (Saudi Arabia), as published in the ICU calendar data Dates
- Wikipedia: Ashura Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)