sunnahfastSunnah fasting days in January 2040
January 2040 spans Dhu al-Hijjah 1461 – Muharram 1462 AH on the standard Umm al-Qura reckoning. Below is every recommended fasting day in the month with its exact date. If your community's moon sighting runs a day ahead or behind, shift the Hijri dates by one day — the converter and calendar feed both have a ±1 sync setting for exactly this.
17 Dhu al-Hijjah 1461 AH Monday fast
20 Dhu al-Hijjah 1461 AH Thursday fast
24 Dhu al-Hijjah 1461 AH Monday fast
27 Dhu al-Hijjah 1461 AH Thursday fast
2 Muharram 1462 AH Monday fast
5 Muharram 1462 AH Thursday fast
9 Muharram 1462 AH Ashura / Tasu’a · Monday fast
10 Muharram 1462 AH Ashura / Tasu’a
12 Muharram 1462 AH Thursday fast
13 Muharram 1462 AH White Day (Ayyam al-Beed)
16 Muharram 1462 AH Monday fast
To understand any of these days — the White Days, Mondays & Thursdays, Ashura, Arafah — the blog walks through each one with sources quoted verbatim.
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