Pilgrim Visa

Muharram
1u201310 Muharram: Mourning / Karbala
9 Muharram: Tasu’a
10 Muharram: Ashura u2014 Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (A.S.)

Safar
7 Safar: Imam Musa al-Kadhim (A.S.) Birth
20 Safar: Arbaeen u2014 Imam Hussain (A.S.)
28 Safar: Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) Demise / Imam Hasan (A.S.) Martyrdom
29/30 Safar: Imam Reza (A.S.) Martyrdom

Rabi al-Awwal
8 Rabi al-Awwal: Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.) Martyrdom
9 Rabi al-Awwal: Beginning of Imam Mahdi’s (A.S.) Imamat
17 Rabi al-Awwal: Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) & Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (A.S.) Birth

Jumada al-Awwal / Jumada al-Thani
Ayyaam-e-Fatimiyya: Mourning for Lady Fatima Zahra (S.A.)
Commonly observed around 13 Jumada al-Awwal u2013 3 Jumada al-Thani

Rajab
13 Rajab: Imam Ali (A.S.) Birth
25 Rajab: Imam Musa al-Kadhim (A.S.) Martyrdom
27 Rajab: Mab’ath

Sha’ban
3 Sha’ban: Imam Hussain (A.S.) Birth
4 Sha’ban: Hazrat Abbas (A.S.) Birth
5 Sha’ban: Imam Sajjad (A.S.) Birth
15 Sha’ban: Imam Mahdi (A.S.) Birth

Ramadan
15 Ramadan: Imam Hasan (A.S.) Birth
19u201321 Ramadan: Imam Ali (A.S.) Martyrdom
Laylat al-Qadr: 19th, 21st & 23rd nights

Shawwal
25 Shawwal: Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (A.S.) Martyrdom

Dhul-Qa’dah
11 Dhul-Qa’dah: Imam Reza (A.S.) Birth

Dhul-Hijjah
10 Dhul-Hijjah: Eid al-Adha
18 Dhul-Hijjah: Eid al-Ghadir

Year-Round Religious Travel
ud83cuddeeud83cuddf6 Iraq Ziyarat: Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimayn, Samarra
ud83cuddeeud83cuddf7 Iran Ziyarat: Mashhad, Qom, etc.
ud83cuddf8ud83cudde6 Umrah: Available throughout the year, subject to Saudi regulations
Major annual season: Arbaeen u2014 20 Safar