Amordad · Ameretat 1397
July 23 – August 22, 2018
| Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 23 Jul | 2 24 | 3 25 | 4 26 | 5 27 | ||
| 6 28 | 7 29 | 8 30 | 9 31 | 10 1 Aug | 11 2 | 12 3 |
| 13 4 | 14 5 | 15 6 | 16 7 | 17 8 | 18 9 | 19 10 |
| 20 11 | 21 12 | 22 13 | 23 14 | 24 15 | 25 16 | 26 17 |
| 27 18 | 28 19 | 29 20 | 30 21 | 31 22 | ||
Events this month
- Asalha Puja (Dhamma Day) · Asalha Puja · 5 Amordad · Ameretat
Buddhist · Cultural
The Buddha's first sermon at Sarnath, on the full moon of Asalha (Sri Lanka's Esala Poya), the eve of the rains retreat.
- Nowruz-e Sayyad (Fishermen's New Year) · Nowruz-e Sayyad · 9 Amordad · Ameretat
Persian Gulf · Ancient festival
The new year of the seafaring calendar of Iran's Persian Gulf coast, the sea's first calm day after the storm season: no boat puts out and no one eats fish (some sources: 1 Mordad).
- Remembrance of the Yazidi genocide (Sinjar, 2014) · 12 Amordad · Ameretat
Yezidi · Historical
On 3 August 2014 the Islamic State attacked Sinjar and began its genocide of the Yazidis; the Kurdistan Region and Iraq mark the day every year.
- Constitutional Revolution · Enqelab-e Mashruteh · 14 Amordad · Ameretat
Iranian · Historical
The royal decree of 14 Mordad 1285 (6 August 1906; signed the day before) that gave Iran its first constitution and parliament.
- Assumption of the Holy Mother of God (Blessing of the Grapes) · Verapokhum Surb Astvatsatsni · 21 Amordad · Ameretat
Armenian · Cultural
The fourth of the Armenian Church's five great feasts, on the Sunday nearest 15 August, with the blessing of the first grapes.
- Commemoration of St Mary (Assyrian) · Doukhrana d-Mart Maryam · 24 Amordad · Ameretat
Assyrian · Cultural
The Assyrian Church of the East's commemoration of the Virgin Mary on 15 August, which closes the 15-day Rogation of Mary.
- Parsi New Year (Navroz, Shahenshahi) · Navroz · 26 Amordad · Ameretat
Zoroastrian · Cultural
The New Year of the Parsis of India on the Shahenshahi calendar, which has no leap day, so it has drifted from the spring equinox to mid-August and comes a day earlier every four years.
- Coup of 1953 · Kudeta-ye Bist-o-Hasht-e Mordad · 28 Amordad · Ameretat
Iranian · Historical
A coup backed by the CIA and Britain overthrew Prime Minister Mosaddegh (28 Mordad 1332; 19 August 1953).
- Khomeini's jihad decree against Kurdistan · 28 Amordad · Ameretat
Kurdish · Historical
On 17–19 August 1979 (28 Mordad 1358) Khomeini sent the army, gendarmerie and Revolutionary Guards against Kurdistan; summary executions followed, and some 10,000 Kurds were killed in the campaign.
- Transfiguration (Orthodox) · 28 Amordad · Ameretat
Christian · Cultural
Christ shown in glory on the mountain, on 6 August of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.
Other events
- Ahmad Shamlu · 1 Amordad · Ameretat
- Devshayani Ekadashi · Devshayani Ekadashi, Ashadhi Ekadashi · 1 Amordad · Ameretat
- Feast of the Great Shishlam · 1–2 Amordad · Ameretat
- First night of the Kurdish autumn (Pir Musi's enthronement) · 1 Amordad · Ameretat
- Tabari New Year · Fardineh Ma Shu · 2 Amordad · Ameretat
- Amordadgan · Jashn-e Amordadgan · 3 Amordad · Ameretat
- Guru Purnima · 5 Amordad · Ameretat
- Tu B'Av · 5 Amordad · Ameretat
- St Vladimir's Day · 6 Amordad · Ameretat
- Start of the Rains Retreat (Vassa) · Vassa · 6 Amordad · Ameretat
- Sohrevardi Day · Ruz-e Sohrevardi · 8 Amordad · Ameretat
- Barzani genocide · 9 Amordad · Ameretat
- Guanyin's Enlightenment · Guanyin · 9 Amordad · Ameretat
- Dormition Fast (new calendar) · 10–23 Amordad · Ameretat
- Rogation of Mary (Fast of Mary) · Baouta d-Mart Maryam · 10–24 Amordad · Ameretat
- Nineteen Day Feast · 10 Amordad · Ameretat
- Feast of the Summer Forty Days · Cejna Çilê Havînê · 11 Amordad · Ameretat
- Transfiguration · Eyd-e Tabdil-e Hey'at-e Masih · 15 Amordad · Ameretat
- Assyrian Martyrs Day · Ruz-e Shahidan-e Ashuri · 16 Amordad · Ameretat
- Guru Har Krishan Gurpurab · Prakash Purab Guru Har Krishan · 16 Amordad · Ameretat
- Nowruzbal · 16 Amordad · Ameretat
- Muktad (Parsi Farvardigan) · Muktad · 16–25 Amordad · Ameretat
- Rosh Chodesh · 20–21 Amordad · Ameretat
- Hariyali Teej · 22 Amordad · Ameretat
- Merelots: Remembrance of the Dead after the Assumption · Merelots · 22 Amordad · Ameretat
- Mirzakhani's Fields Medal · Maryam Mirzakhani · 22 Amordad · Ameretat
- Dormition Fast · 23–31 Amordad · Ameretat
- Assumption of Mary · 24 Amordad · Ameretat
- Nag Panchami · 24 Amordad · Ameretat
- Obon · 24 Amordad · Ameretat
- Pateti · 25 Amordad · Ameretat
- Commemoration of Mar Shimun bar Sabbae · 26 Amordad · Ameretat
- Cinema Rex Fire · Sinema Reks · 28 Amordad · Ameretat
- Nineteen Day Feast · 29 Amordad · Ameretat
- Shahrivargan · Jashn-e Shahrivargan · 30 Amordad · Ameretat
- Khordad Sal (Parsi, Shahenshahi) · Khordad Sal · 31 Amordad · Ameretat