Dey · Dadvah 1404

December 22, 2025 – January 20, 2026

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Events this month

  • Hanukkah · 1 Dey · Dadvah

    Jewish · Cultural

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

  • Christmas · Krismas · 4 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.)

  • Guru Gobind Singh Gurpurab · Prakash Purab Guru Gobind Singh · 6 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.

  • Martyrdom of the Younger Sahibzade · Shaheedi Divas Chhote Sahibzade · 6 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.

  • Feast of Qoltas · Qoltas, Qawltas · 13 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.

  • Armenian Christmas Eve (Khetum) · Khetum · 15 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 · 16 Dey · Dadvah

    Armenian · Cultural

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

  • Orthodox Christmas (Nativity of Christ) · Rozhdestvo Khristovo · 17 Dey · Dadvah

    Christian · Cultural

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

  • Dey 1404 Uprising and Massacre · Khizesh va Koshtar-e Dey 1404 · 18 Dey · Dadvah

    Iranian · Historical

    On 8 and 9 January 2026 (18 and 19 Dey 1404) the Islamic Republic's forces crushed the nationwide uprising with live fire under an internet blackout, killing thousands of protesters and bystanders in two days; Iran Human Rights has verified 4,219 dead by name, and other estimates reach at least 43,000.

  • Flight PS752 · Parvaz-e 752 · 18 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 · 24 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.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day · 29 Dey · Dadvah

    National · National holiday

    A US federal holiday honouring the civil-rights leader, on the third Monday of January.

  • Theophany (Orthodox Epiphany) · 29 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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