17 Azar · Atar 1400

Events on this day

• Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) · Rohatsu

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The Buddha's enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, kept by Japanese and many Western Mahayana Buddhists on 8 December.

• Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur · Shaheedi Purab Guru Tegh Bahadur

  Sikh · Historical

  The beheading of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, in Delhi in 1675 on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, after he refused to convert to Islam.

Other events

• Fast of the Annunciation (Assyrian Advent fast) · Day 8
• Immaculate Conception · Eyd-e Leqah-e Motahhar
• Nativity Fast · Day 11
• Nativity Fast (new calendar) · Day 24

Facts

• Day 263 of 1400
• 102 days left
• Zodiac sign: Sagittarius · Qows