18 Bahman · Vohu Manah 1405

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.

• Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Losar · Day 1

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The Tibetan New Year, the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, celebrated for fifteen days with the main festivities on the first three.

Other events

• Nineteen Day Feast
• Poon Paregentan (Eve of Great Lent) · Poon Paregentan
• Rosh Chodesh · Day 1
• Abolition of Slavery in Iran · Laghv-e Bardeh-dari dar Iran

Facts

• Day 324 of 1405
• 41 days left
• Zodiac sign: Aquarius · Dalv