5 Shahrivar · Khshathra 1403
Events on this day
- Krishna Janmashtami · Janmashtami
Hindu · Cultural
Krishna's birth at midnight, on the eighth day of the waning moon of Bhadrapada (Shravana in the southern reckoning), in August or September; this is the Vaishnava date, and Smarta households may keep it a day earlier.
- Summer bank holiday
National · National holiday
A bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the last Monday of August (in Scotland, the first Monday).
Other events
- Dormition Fast · Day 13
- Razi Day · Ruz-e Razi
Facts
- Day 160 of 1403
- 206 days left
- Zodiac sign: Virgo · Sonboleh