Ashura 2005

February 2005 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ash Wednesday Wednesday February 9 -19 years, -10 months, -13 days or -7256 days 10 11 12 13 14 Valentines Day Monday February 14 -19 years, -10 months, -8 days or -7251 days 15 16 17 18 19 Ashura Saturday February 19 -19 years, -10 months, -3 days or -7246 days 20 21 Presidents Day Monday February 21 -19 years, -10 months, -1 days or -7244 days 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Ashura for the year 2005 is celebrated/ observed on sundown Friday, February 18th ending sundown of Saturday, February 19th.

Ashura marks the 10th day of the 1st month of Muharram on the Islamic lunar calendar. The day commemorates for Shia Muslims the death of Husayn ibn Ali who was the grandson of Muhammad in the Battle of Karbala of October 10, 680 CE. For Sunni Muslims the day relates to when Moses and his followers fled Egypt and where saved by God separating the Red Sea.

Days to Ashura 2005

Friday, February 18th is day number 49 of the 2005 calendar year with -19 years, -10 months, -4 days until Ashura 2005.