18 Aban · Apo 1397

Events on this day

• Birth of the Báb

  Bahá’í · Cultural

  Born in Shiraz in 1819; the first of the Twin Holy Days, after the eighth new moon following Naw-Rúz.

• Gurgaddi of the Guru Granth Sahib · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Granth Sahib

  Sikh · Cultural

  The day in 1708 when Guru Gobind Singh made the scripture the eternal Guru of the Sikhs, ending the line of human Gurus.

Other events

• Bhai Dooj
• Fitileh protests
• Rosh Chodesh · Day 2

Facts

• Day 234 of 1397
• 131 days left
• Zodiac sign: Scorpio · Aqrab