10 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1397

Events on this day

• Persian Gulf Day · Ruz-e Melli-ye Khalij-e Fars

  Iranian · Cultural

  Marks the capture of Hormuz from the Portuguese in 1622 by Shah Abbas's Safavid forces with the English East India Company, and the name of the Persian Gulf.

• Vesak (Buddha Day) · Vesak

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, on the full moon of Vaishakha as India and Sri Lanka keep it; Thailand and Singapore sometimes keep it a month later, and Sri Lanka sometimes a day earlier.

Other events

• Fortieth Day of Nowruz · Chehelom-e Nowruz
• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 30
• Festival of Riḍván · Riḍván · Day 10
• Maidyozarem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Maidyozarem · Day 1

Facts

• Day 41 of 1397
• 324 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr