Khordad · Haurvatat 1405

May 22 – June 21, 2026

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Events this month

  • Azerbaijani protests of May 2006 · 1 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Azerbaijani · Historical

    On 22 May 2006 thousands of Azerbaijanis protested in Tabriz against a cartoon in the state newspaper Iran; across Azerbaijan, security forces shot dead at least 20 protesters.

  • Shavuot · 1–2 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Feast of Weeks, the giving of the Torah. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • Buddha's Birthday · Fodan · 3 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Buddhist · Cultural

    The Buddha's birth on the 8th day of the 4th Chinese lunar month, a public holiday in South Korea, Hong Kong and Macau, lit in Korea with the Lotus Lantern Festival.

  • Declaration of the Báb · 3 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Bahá’í · Cultural

    The Báb declared his mission in Shiraz in 1844.

  • Memorial Day · 4 Khordad · Haurvatat

    National · National holiday

    The US day for those who died serving in the armed forces, on the last Monday of May.

  • Spring bank holiday · 4 Khordad · Haurvatat

    National · National holiday

    A UK bank holiday on the last Monday of May.

  • Pentecost (Orthodox) · 10 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Christian · Cultural

    The descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles, the seventh Sunday after Orthodox Easter; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

  • Saga Dawa Düchen · Saga Dawa Duchen · 10 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Buddhist · Cultural

    The full moon of Saga Dawa, the fourth Tibetan month, which commemorates the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana.

  • Twelve-Day War · Jang-e Davazdah-Ruzeh · 23 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Iranian · Historical

    Israel began the Twelve-Day War with surprise strikes on Iran's nuclear and military sites that killed the top command of the Revolutionary Guards and the armed forces in its first hours (23 Khordad 1404; 13 June 2025).

  • Green Movement · 25 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Iranian · Historical

    Millions marched in Tehran against the disputed presidential election (25 Khordad 1388; 15 June 2009); Neda Agha-Soltan was killed five days later.

  • Martyrdom of Guru Arjan · Shaheedi Purab Guru Arjan Dev · 28 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Sikh · Historical

    The execution of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru, in Lahore in 1606 on the orders of the Mughal emperor Jahangir; Sikhs hand out sweetened water to passers-by.

  • Juneteenth · 29 Khordad · Haurvatat

    National · National holiday

    The end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday since 2021.

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