28 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1398

Events on this day

• Khayyam Day · Ruz-e Khayyam

  Iranian · Cultural

  Commemoration of Omar Khayyam, poet and astronomer, whose reform shaped this calendar.

• 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

• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 28

Facts

• Day 59 of 1398
• 306 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr