28 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1408

Events on this day

• Khayyam Day · Ruz-e Khayyam

  Iranian · Cultural

  Commemoration of Omar Khayyam, poet and astronomer, whose reform shaped this calendar.

• Ascension (Orthodox)

  Christian · Cultural

  Christ's ascension into heaven, forty days after Orthodox Easter; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

Other events

• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 47

Facts

• Day 59 of 1408
• 307 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr