7 Aban · Apo 1398

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.

• Cyrus the Great Day · Ruz-e Kurosh-e Bozorg

  Iranian · Cultural

  Remembers Cyrus the Great's entry into Babylon in 539 BCE, recorded on the Cyrus Cylinder. Unofficial, and widely kept.

• 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
• Rosh Chodesh · Day 1

Facts

• Day 223 of 1398
• 142 days left
• Zodiac sign: Scorpio · Aqrab