Ashura 2007

January 2007 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 New Years Monday January 1 -17 years, -10 months, -21 days or -6535 days 2 3 4 5 6 Epiphany Saturday January 6 -17 years, -10 months, -16 days or -6530 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Martin Luther King Day Monday January 15 -17 years, -10 months, -7 days or -6521 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Ashura Monday January 29 -17 years, -9 months, -24 days or -6507 days 30 31

Ashura for the year 2007 is celebrated/ observed on sundown Sunday, January 28th ending on sundown of Monday, January 29th.

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 2007

Sunday, January 28th is day number 28 of the 2007 calendar year with -17 years, -9 months, -25 days until Ashura 2007.