26 Bahman · Vohu Manah 1404
Events on this day
- Beginning of the Great Fast (Assyrian) · Sawma Raba
Assyrian · Cultural
The Sunday seven weeks before Easter that opens the Great Fast, the Assyrian Church of the East's 50-day Lent.
- Maha Shivaratri
Hindu · Cultural
The great night of Shiva, kept with a night-long fast and vigil on the 14th night of the waning moon of Magha (Phalguna in the northern reckoning), in February or March.
- Meeting of the Lord (Presentation of Christ) · Hypapante
Christian · Cultural
The infant Jesus presented in the Temple and recognised by Simeon, on 2 February of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.
Other events
Facts
- Day 332 of 1404
- 33 days left
- Zodiac sign: Aquarius · Dalv