When is Ashura?
Tuesday,
June 15, 2027
Begins at sundown on Monday, June 14, 2027 (sunset is 8:27 PM in New York). Local moon sighting can move the start by a day. 214 days from today. Every year in range is listed below.
- Next
- Tue, Jun 15
- Day of week
- Tuesday
- Category
- Religious
- Days away
- 214
How the date is set
The Hijri calendar is purely lunar, with no leap month at all. Twelve lunar months run about eleven days shorter than a solar year, so the Gregorian date walks backwards through the seasons and returns to where it started roughly every thirty-three years.
Ashura in every year
- Ashura 2026Thu, Jun 25
- Ashura 2027Tue, Jun 15
- Ashura 2028Sat, Jun 3
- Ashura 2029Wed, May 23
- Ashura 2030Mon, May 13
- Ashura 2031Fri, May 2