Ashura 2012

November 2012 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 All Saints Day Thursday November 1 -12 years, -2 months, -21 days or -4465 days 2 3 4 Daylight Saving End Sunday November 4 -12 years, -2 months, -18 days or -4462 days 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Veterans Day Sunday November 11 -12 years, -2 months, -11 days or -4455 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Thanksgiving Thursday November 22 -12 years, -2 months or -4444 days 23 24 Ashura Saturday November 24 -12 years, -1 months, -28 days or -4442 days 25 26 27 28 29 30

Ashura for the year 2012 is celebrated/ observed on sundown Friday, November 23rd ending on sundown of Saturday, November 24th.

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 2012

Friday, November 23rd is day number 328 of the 2012 calendar year with -12 years, -1 month, -29 days until Ashura 2012.