Dey · Dadvah 1403

December 21, 2024 – January 19, 2025

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Events this month

  • Christmas · Krismas · 5 Dey · Dadvah

    Christian · Cultural

    The birth of Jesus, kept on 25 December by most churches; the Armenian Church keeps it with Theophany on 6 January.

  • Zartosht No-Diso, Death of Zarathustra · Zartosht No-Diso · 5 Dey · Dadvah

    Zoroastrian · Ancient festival

    Zoroastrians remember the death of Zarathustra on Khorshid day of the month Dey. (Fasli: 26 December.)

  • Hanukkah · 6–13 Dey · Dadvah

    Jewish · Cultural

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

  • Martyrdom of the Younger Sahibzade · Shaheedi Divas Chhote Sahibzade · 7 Dey · Dadvah

    Sikh · Historical

    Guru Gobind Singh's youngest sons, Zorawar Singh (8) and Fateh Singh (5), executed at Sirhind in 1704 on the Mughal governor's orders after refusing to convert to Islam.

  • Armenian Christmas Eve (Khetum) · Khetum · 16 Dey · Dadvah

    Armenian · Cultural

    The eve of the Armenian Nativity and Theophany, with the evening liturgy and the family meal.

  • Armenian Christmas and Theophany · Krismas-e Armani · 17 Dey · Dadvah

    Armenian · Cultural

    The Armenian Church keeps the Nativity and Theophany together on 6 January.

  • Guru Gobind Singh Gurpurab · Prakash Purab Guru Gobind Singh · 17 Dey · Dadvah

    Sikh · Cultural

    The birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru and founder of the Khalsa, on the seventh day of the bright half of Poh; some years have it twice, others not at all.

  • Orthodox Christmas (Nativity of Christ) · Rozhdestvo Khristovo · 18 Dey · Dadvah

    Christian · Cultural

    The Nativity of Christ on the old calendar (25 December Julian); a public holiday in Russia, Belarus, Serbia and Georgia.

  • Flight PS752 · Parvaz-e 752 · 19 Dey · Dadvah

    Iranian · Historical

    The Revolutionary Guards shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 after take-off from Tehran, killing all 176 aboard, most of them Iranian (18 Dey 1398; 8 January 2020).

  • Death of Amir Kabir · Amir Kabir · 20 Dey · Dadvah

    Iranian · Historical

    Amir Kabir, the reforming chief minister who founded the Dar ul-Funun, was killed at Fin, Kashan, on 10 January 1852.

  • Maghi · 25 Dey · Dadvah

    Sikh · Historical

    The first day of Magh, remembering the Forty Liberated, who fell at Muktsar in 1705; pilgrims bathe in the sarovar at Sri Muktsar Sahib.

  • Feast of Qoltas · Qoltas, Qawltas · 25 Dey · Dadvah

    Yarsan · Cultural

    The Yarsan's winter feast after three days of fasting, on the date Iraq's Kaka'i keep it, the full moon in the heart of the winter chelleh; it can differ by a day from Iraq's official calendar, and the Yarsan of Sahneh keep it a few days later.

  • Theophany (Orthodox Epiphany) · 30 Dey · Dadvah

    Christian · Cultural

    Christ's baptism in the Jordan and the Great Blessing of Waters, on 6 January of the Julian calendar; a public holiday in Georgia.

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