2 Aban · Apo 1397

Events on this day

• Feast of Khawankar · Khawankar

  Yarsan · Cultural

  The chief feast of the Yarsan, from the evening of the third day of the Marnow fast; its date is counted from the crescent and can differ by one day from the one the Yarsan announce.

• Pavarana (end of the Rains Retreat) · Pavarana

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The end of the three-month rains retreat, on the full moon of Ashvin (Sri Lanka's Vap Poya, Thailand's Wan Ok Phansa); Thailand sometimes keeps it a month later.

• Marnow fast (the three days of Khawankar) · Marnow · Day 3

  Yarsan · Cultural

  The Yarsan's three-day fast before the Feast of Khawankar, from the twelfth day of the lunar month that falls between 30 Mehr and 30 Aban; Dadvah counts the moon from the crescent, so in some years the day can differ by one from the day the Yarsan announce.

Other events

• Treaty of Gulistan · Ahdnameh-ye Golestan

Facts

• Day 218 of 1397
• 147 days left
• Zodiac sign: Scorpio · Aqrab