Shahrivar · Khshathra 1392

August 23 – September 22, 2013

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Events this month

  • Avicenna Day · Ruz-e Ebn-e Sina · 1 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Iranian · Cultural

    Commemoration of Avicenna (Ibn Sina), physician and philosopher; Iran's physicians' day.

  • Summer bank holiday · 4 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    National · National holiday

    A bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the last Monday of August (in Scotland, the first Monday).

  • Dormition of the Theotokos · 6 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Christian · Cultural

    Mary's falling asleep in death, on 15 August of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts, and Georgia's public holiday Mariamoba.

  • Krishna Janmashtami · Janmashtami · 6 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Hindu · Cultural

    Krishna's birth at midnight, on the eighth day of the waning moon of Bhadrapada (Shravana in the southern reckoning), in August or September; this is the Vaishnava date, and Smarta households may keep it a day earlier.

  • Remembrance of the 1988 Prison Massacre · 10 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Iranian · Historical

    Thousands of political prisoners were secretly executed between late July and early September 1988. The Mothers of Khavaran named 1 September the day of public commemoration at Khavaran Cemetery, where many lie in unmarked mass graves.

  • Labor Day (US and Canada) · 11 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    National · National holiday

    A day for workers in the United States and Canada, on the first Monday of September.

  • Rais Ali Delvari Day · Salruz-e Koshteh Shodan-e Raisali Delvari · 12 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Persian Gulf · Historical

    Rais Ali Delvari, who led the men of Tangestan against the British forces occupying Bushehr in the First World War, was killed on 12 Shahrivar 1294 (3 September 1915).

  • Rosh Hashanah · 14–15 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Jewish New Year, 1–2 Tishri. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • First Installation of the Guru Granth Sahib · Pehla Prakash Purab Guru Granth Sahib · 15 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Sikh · Cultural

    The day in 1604 when Guru Arjan first installed the Sikh scripture in the Harmandir Sahib, the Golden Temple.

  • Feast of the Cross (Assyrian) · 22 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Assyrian · Cultural

    The Church of the East's major feast of the finding of the Cross by Queen Helena, on 13 September, a day before the Western feast.

  • Yom Kippur · 23 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Day of Atonement, a day of fasting and prayer. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Khachverats) · Khachverats · 24 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Armenian · Cultural

    The fifth of the Armenian Church's great feasts, on the Sunday nearest 14 September; Khosrow II's army had taken the cross from Jerusalem in 614.

  • Sukkot · 28–31 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Feast of Booths, seven days. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • Nativity of the Theotokos (Orthodox) · 30 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Christian · Cultural

    The birth of Mary, on 8 September of the Julian calendar; the first of the Twelve Great Feasts in the church year.

  • Iran–Iraq War Begins · Aghaz-e Jang · 31 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Iranian · Historical

    Iraq invaded Iran (31 Shahrivar 1359; 22 September 1980), beginning an eight-year war.

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