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| 1 | 2 Ashura Tuesday March 2 -20 years, -8 months, -20 days or -7570 days | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 14 -20 years, -8 months, -8 days or -7558 days | 15 | 16 | 17 St Patricks Day Wednesday March 17 -20 years, -8 months, -5 days or -7555 days | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Ashura for the year 2004 is celebrated/ observed on sundown Monday, March 1st ending sundown of Tuesday, March 2nd.
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 2004
Monday, March 1st is day number 61 of the 2004 calendar year with -20 years, -8 months, -21 days until Ashura 2004.