Mehr · Mithra 1400
September 23 – October 22, 2021
| Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
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| 1 23 Sep | 2 24 | |||||
| 3 25 | 4 26 | 5 27 | 6 28 | 7 29 | 8 30 | 9 1 Oct |
| 10 2 | 11 3 | 12 4 | 13 5 | 14 6 | 15 7 | 16 8 |
| 17 9 | 18 10 | 19 11 | 20 12 | 21 13 | 22 14 | 23 15 |
| 24 16 | 25 17 | 26 18 | 27 19 | 28 20 | 29 21 | 30 22 |
Events this month
- Sukkot · 1–5 Mehr · Mithra
Jewish · Cultural
The Feast of Booths, seven days. Begins at sunset the evening before.
- Exaltation of the Cross (Orthodox) · 5 Mehr · Mithra
Christian · Cultural
The feast of the cross, on 14 September of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts and always a fast day.
- Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah · 6–7 Mehr · Mithra
Jewish · Cultural
The close of Sukkot and the rejoicing of the Torah. Begins at sunset the evening before.
- Rumi Day · Ruz-e Mowlavi · 8 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Cultural
Commemoration of Jalal al-Din Rumi, poet of the Masnavi.
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation · 8 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
Canada's day to remember the children of the residential schools, a federal holiday since 2021.
- Battle of Gaugamela · Nabard-e Gaugamela · 9 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Historical
Alexander defeated Darius III, ending the Achaemenid Empire (1 October 331 BCE, dated by a Babylonian astronomical diary).
- Mehregan · Jashn-e Mehregan · 10 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Ancient festival
Autumn festival of Mithra, of friendship and the harvest. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. (Name-day: 16 Mehr.)
- German Unity Day · 11 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
The reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990.
- Feast of the Assembly (Cejna Cemayê) · Cejna Cemayê · 14–21 Mehr · Mithra
Yezidi · Cultural
The Yezidis' yearly pilgrimage to Sheikh Adi's shrine at Lalish, from 23 to 30 September Julian (6 to 13 October).
- Feast of the Holy Translators (Targmanchats) · Targmanchats · 17 Mehr · Mithra
Armenian · Cultural
Mesrop Mashtots, who created the Armenian alphabet, and the translators after him, on the second Saturday of October.
- Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize · Shirin Ebadi · 18 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · International
Shirin Ebadi, lawyer and human-rights defender, became the first Iranian Nobel laureate (announced 10 October 2003).
- Thanksgiving (Canada) · 19 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
Canada's harvest holiday on the second Monday of October.
- Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day · 19 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
A US federal holiday on the second Monday of October.
- Hafez Day · Ruz-e Hafez · 20 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Cultural
Commemoration of Hafez of Shiraz, the most loved poet of the Persian language.
- Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Dussehra, Vijayadashami · 23 Mehr · Mithra
Hindu · Cultural
The tenth day of the waxing moon of Ashvin, in September or October: Rama's victory over Ravana and Durga's over the buffalo demon Mahishasura.
- Pavarana (end of the Rains Retreat) · Pavarana · 28 Mehr · Mithra
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.
- Mal Baluil: first night of the Kurdish winter · Mal Baluil · 29 Mehr · Mithra
Yarsan · Cultural
The Yarsan's holy night on the eve of 30 Mehr, which opens the winter of the warm-country Kurdish calendar and marks the enthronement of Mostafa Davan.
Other events
- Autumn Higan · Higan · 1–4 Mehr · Mithra
- Gurgaddi of Guru Angad · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Angad Dev · 4 Mehr · Mithra
- Holy Cross of Varak · Varaga Khach · 4 Mehr · Mithra
- Nineteen Day Feast · 4 Mehr · Mithra
- Hoshana Rabbah · 5 Mehr · Mithra
- Michaelmas · Eyd-e Mika'il va Fereshtegan-e Moqarrab · 7 Mehr · Mithra
- Shams Tabrizi Day · Ruz-e Shams-e Tabrizi · 7 Mehr · Mithra
- Joti Jot of Guru Nanak · Joti Jot Divas Guru Nanak Dev · 9 Mehr · Mithra
- Khosrow Khan Qashqai executed · Khosrow Khan-e Qashqa'i · 9 Mehr · Mithra
- Mahalaya (Sarva Pitru Amavasya) · Mahalaya, Sarva Pitru Amavasya · 14 Mehr · Mithra
- Rosh Chodesh · 14–15 Mehr · Mithra
- Navaratri · Sharad Navaratri · 15 Mehr · Mithra
- Mohammad-Reza Shajarian · 16 Mehr · Mithra
- Ayathrem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Ayathrem · 20–24 Mehr · Mithra
- Durga Ashtami · Durga Ashtami, Maha Ashtami · 21 Mehr · Mithra
- Intercession of the Theotokos (Pokrov) · Pokrov · 22 Mehr · Mithra
- Svetitskhovloba (Mtskhetoba) · Svetitskhovloba · 22 Mehr · Mithra
- Nineteen Day Feast · 23 Mehr · Mithra
- Ead Fel · 23 Mehr · Mithra
- Mandaean light fast (2–4 Taura) · Ṣauma · 24–26 Mehr · Mithra
- Sharad Purnima (Kojagara) · Sharad Purnima, Kojagara · 27 Mehr · Mithra
- Kathina season begins · Kathina · 29 Mehr · Mithra
- Guru Ram Das Gurpurab · Prakash Purab Guru Ram Das · 30 Mehr · Mithra