11 Shahrivar · Khshathra 1408
Events on this day
- Krishna Janmashtami · Janmashtami
Hindu · Cultural
Krishna's birth at midnight, on the eighth day of the waning moon of Bhadrapada (Shravana in the southern reckoning), in August or September; this is the Vaishnava date, and Smarta households may keep it a day earlier.
- Remembrance of the 1988 Prison Massacre
Iranian · Historical
Thousands of political prisoners were secretly executed between late July and early September 1988. The Mothers of Khavaran named 1 September the day of public commemoration at Khavaran Cemetery, where many lie in unmarked mass graves.
Other events
Facts
- Day 166 of 1408
- 200 days left
- Zodiac sign: Virgo · Sonboleh