26 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1400

Events on this day

• Purim

  Jewish · Cultural

  The rescue of the Jews of Persia told in the Book of Esther. Iranian Jews have long marked it at the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan. Begins at sunset the evening before.

Other events

• Bahá'í Fast · Day 16
• Nirvana Day (Chinese calendar)
• Farvardigan · Farvardegan · Day 7
• Great Lent · Day 11
• Hamaspathmaidyem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Hamaspathmaidyem · Day 2
• Holika Dahan
• Last Thursday of the Year · Panjshanbe-ye Akhar-e Sal
• Parwanaya · Day 4
• St Patrick's Day · Ruz-e Sant Patrik

Facts

• Day 362 of 1400
• 3 days left
• Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut