10 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1406

Events on this day

• Great and Holy Friday

  Christian · Cultural

  The Passion of Christ, two days before Orthodox Easter; a public holiday in Greece, Romania, Serbia and Georgia.

• Persian Gulf Day · Ruz-e Melli-ye Khalij-e Fars

  Iranian · Cultural

  Marks the capture of Hormuz from the Portuguese in 1622 by Shah Abbas's Safavid forces with the English East India Company, and the name of the Persian Gulf.

Other events

• Fortieth Day of Nowruz · Chehelom-e Nowruz
• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 8
• Festival of Riḍván · Riḍván · Day 10
• Maidyozarem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Maidyozarem · Day 1
• Mimouna

Facts

• Day 41 of 1406
• 324 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr