Mehr · Mithra 1402

September 23 – October 22, 2023

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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

  • Yom Kippur · 3 Mehr · Mithra

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Day of Atonement, a day of fasting and prayer. 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.

  • Rumi Day · Ruz-e Mowlavi · 8 Mehr · Mithra

    Iranian · Cultural

    Commemoration of Jalal al-Din Rumi, poet of the Masnavi.

  • Sukkot · 8–14 Mehr · Mithra

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Feast of Booths, seven days. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • 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).

  • Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize · Narges Mohammadi · 14 Mehr · Mithra

    Iranian · International

    Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned in Iran (announced 6 October 2023).

  • Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah · 15–16 Mehr · Mithra

    Jewish · Cultural

    The close of Sukkot and the rejoicing of the Torah. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • Thanksgiving (Canada) · 17 Mehr · Mithra

    National · National holiday

    Canada's harvest holiday on the second Monday of October.

  • Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day · 17 Mehr · Mithra

    National · National holiday

    A US federal holiday on the second Monday 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).

  • Hafez Day · Ruz-e Hafez · 20 Mehr · Mithra

    Iranian · Cultural

    Commemoration of Hafez of Shiraz, the most loved poet of the Persian language.

  • Feast of the Holy Translators (Targmanchats) · Targmanchats · 22 Mehr · Mithra

    Armenian · Cultural

    Mesrop Mashtots, who created the Armenian alphabet, and the translators after him, on the second Saturday of October.

  • Birth of the Báb · 24 Mehr · Mithra

    Bahá’í · Cultural

    Born in Shiraz in 1819; the first of the Twin Holy Days, after the eighth new moon following Naw-Rúz.

  • Birth of Bahá'u'lláh · 25 Mehr · Mithra

    Bahá’í · Cultural

    Born in Tehran in 1817; the second of the Twin Holy Days.

  • 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.

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