Azar · Atar 1402

November 22 – December 21, 2023

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1 22 Nov 2 23 3 24
4 25 5 26 6 27 7 28 8 29 9 30 10 1 Dec
11 2 12 3 13 4 14 5 15 6 16 7 17 8
18 9 19 10 20 11 21 12 22 13 23 14 24 15
25 16 26 17 27 18 28 19 29 20 30 21

Events this month

  • Thanksgiving (US) · 2 Azar · Atar

    National · National holiday

    The US day of giving thanks, centred on a family dinner, on the fourth Thursday of November.

  • Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (Orthodox) · 13 Azar · Atar

    Christian · Cultural

    Mary brought to the Temple as a girl, on 21 November of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

  • Student Day · Ruz-e Daneshju · 16 Azar · Atar

    Iranian · Historical

    Remembers three University of Tehran students killed during a protest (16 Azar 1332; 7 December 1953).

  • Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) · Rohatsu · 17 Azar · Atar

    Buddhist · Cultural

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

  • Hanukkah · 17–24 Azar · Atar

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Festival of Lights, eight days from 25 Kislev. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • Fast of Ezid · Rojiyên Êzî · 21–23 Azar · Atar

    Yezidi · Cultural

    The three-day fast, Tuesday to Thursday, before the Feast of Ezid, obligatory for every Yezidi except children, the sick and the old.

  • Feast of Ezid · Cejna Êzîd · 24 Azar · Atar

    Yezidi · Cultural

    The Friday that breaks the three-day fast of Ezid, the last Friday before 21 December; for Yezidis from Turkey the most important feast of the year.

  • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur · Shaheedi Purab Guru Tegh Bahadur · 26 Azar · Atar

    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.

  • Yalda Night · Shab-e Yalda · 30 Azar · Atar

    Iranian · Ancient festival

    The longest night of the year, kept awake with family, pomegranates and the poems of Hafez. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2022.

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