30 Azar · Atar 1404
Events on this day
- Hanukkah · Day 7
Jewish · Cultural
The Festival of Lights, eight days from 25 Kislev. Begins at sunset the evening before.
- Yalda Night · Shab-e Yalda
Iranian · Ancient festival
The longest night of the year, kept awake with family, pomegranates and the poems of Hafez. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2022.
Other events
- Fast of the Annunciation (Assyrian Advent fast) · Day 21
- Mandaean light fast (9 Sarṭana) · Ṣauma
- Nativity Fast · Day 24
- Nativity Fast (new calendar) · Day 37
- Rosh Chodesh · Day 2
Facts
- Day 276 of 1404
- 89 days left
- Zodiac sign: Sagittarius · Qows