Ashura 2009

January 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 New Years Thursday January 1 -16 years -21 days or -5865 days 2 3 4 5 6 Epiphany Tuesday January 6 -16 years -16 days or -5860 days 7 Ashura Wednesday January 7 -16 years -15 days or -5859 days 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Martin Luther King Day Monday January 19 -16 years -3 days or -5847 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Ashura for the year 2009 is celebrated/ observed on sundown Tuesday, January 6th ending sundown of Wednesday, January 7th and also sundown Saturday, December 26th ending on sundown of Sunday, December 27th. Ashura which follows the moon cycle in the Islamic(Moon calendar - 354 days to 355 days) calendar is celebrated twice this Gregorian(Sun calendar - 365 days) calendar year.

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 2009

Tuesday, January 6th is day number 6 of the 2009 calendar year with -16 years, -16 days until Ashura 2009.