24 Azar · Atar 1396

Events on this day

• Feast of Ezid · Cejna Êzîd

  Yezidi · Cultural

  The Friday that breaks the three-day fast of Ezid, the last Friday before 21 December; for Yezidis from Turkey the most important feast of the year.

• Hanukkah · Day 3

  Jewish · Cultural

  The Festival of Lights, eight days from 25 Kislev. Begins at sunset the evening before.

Other events

• Abu al-Haris (Ashoriya)
• Fast of the Annunciation (Assyrian Advent fast) · Day 15
• Nativity Fast · Day 18
• Nativity Fast (new calendar) · Day 31

Facts

• Day 270 of 1396
• 95 days left
• Zodiac sign: Sagittarius · Qows