Mehr · Mithra 1408
September 22 – October 21, 2029
| Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
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| 1 22 Sep | 2 23 | 3 24 | 4 25 | 5 26 | 6 27 | 7 28 |
| 8 29 | 9 30 | 10 1 Oct | 11 2 | 12 3 | 13 4 | 14 5 |
| 15 6 | 16 7 | 17 8 | 18 9 | 19 10 | 20 11 | 21 12 |
| 22 13 | 23 14 | 24 15 | 25 16 | 26 17 | 27 18 | 28 19 |
| 29 20 | 30 21 | |||||
Events this month
- Sukkot · 3–9 Mehr · Mithra
Jewish · Cultural
The Feast of Booths, seven days. Begins at sunset the evening before.
- Exaltation of the Cross (Orthodox) · 6 Mehr · Mithra
Christian · Cultural
The feast of the cross, on 14 September of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts and always a fast day.
- Rumi Day · Ruz-e Mowlavi · 8 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Cultural
Commemoration of Jalal al-Din Rumi, poet of the Masnavi.
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation · 9 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
Canada's day to remember the children of the residential schools, a federal holiday since 2021.
- Battle of Gaugamela · Nabard-e Gaugamela · 10 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Historical
Alexander defeated Darius III, ending the Achaemenid Empire (1 October 331 BCE, dated by a Babylonian astronomical diary).
- Mehregan · Jashn-e Mehregan · 10 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Ancient festival
Autumn festival of Mithra, of friendship and the harvest. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. (Name-day: 16 Mehr.)
- Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah · 10–11 Mehr · Mithra
Jewish · Cultural
The close of Sukkot and the rejoicing of the Torah. Begins at sunset the evening before.
- German Unity Day · 12 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
The reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990.
- Feast of the Assembly (Cejna Cemayê) · Cejna Cemayê · 15–22 Mehr · Mithra
Yezidi · Cultural
The Yezidis' yearly pilgrimage to Sheikh Adi's shrine at Lalish, from 23 to 30 September Julian (6 to 13 October).
- Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize · Narges Mohammadi · 15 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · International
Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned in Iran (announced 6 October 2023).
- Thanksgiving (Canada) · 17 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
Canada's harvest holiday on the second Monday of October.
- Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day · 17 Mehr · Mithra
National · National holiday
A US federal holiday on the second Monday of October.
- Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize · Shirin Ebadi · 19 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · International
Shirin Ebadi, lawyer and human-rights defender, became the first Iranian Nobel laureate (announced 10 October 2003).
- Hafez Day · Ruz-e Hafez · 20 Mehr · Mithra
Iranian · Cultural
Commemoration of Hafez of Shiraz, the most loved poet of the Persian language.
- Feast of the Holy Translators (Targmanchats) · Targmanchats · 22 Mehr · Mithra
Armenian · Cultural
Mesrop Mashtots, who created the Armenian alphabet, and the translators after him, on the second Saturday of October.
- Dussehra (Vijayadashami) · Dussehra, Vijayadashami · 25 Mehr · Mithra
Hindu · Cultural
The tenth day of the waxing moon of Ashvin, in September or October: Rama's victory over Ravana and Durga's over the buffalo demon Mahishasura.
- Mal Baluil: first night of the Kurdish winter · Mal Baluil · 29 Mehr · Mithra
Yarsan · Cultural
The Yarsan's holy night on the eve of 30 Mehr, which opens the winter of the warm-country Kurdish calendar and marks the enthronement of Mostafa Davan.
- Pavarana (end of the Rains Retreat) · Pavarana · 30 Mehr · Mithra
Buddhist · Cultural
The end of the three-month rains retreat, on the full moon of Ashvin (Sri Lanka's Vap Poya, Thailand's Wan Ok Phansa); Thailand sometimes keeps it a month later.
- Marnow fast (the three days of Khawankar) · Marnow · 30 Mehr · Mithra
Yarsan · Cultural
The Yarsan's three-day fast before the Feast of Khawankar, from the twelfth day of the lunar month that falls between 30 Mehr and 30 Aban; Dadvah counts the moon from the crescent, so in some years the day can differ by one from the day the Yarsan announce.
Other events
- Joti Jot of Guru Amar Das · Joti Jot Divas Guru Amar Das · 1 Mehr · Mithra
- Autumn Higan · Higan · 1–5 Mehr · Mithra
- Pitru Paksha begins · Pitru Paksha · 2 Mehr · Mithra
- Nineteen Day Feast · 5 Mehr · Mithra
- Gurgaddi of Guru Angad · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Angad Dev · 7 Mehr · Mithra
- Shams Tabrizi Day · Ruz-e Shams-e Tabrizi · 7 Mehr · Mithra
- Michaelmas · Eyd-e Mika'il va Fereshtegan-e Moqarrab · 8 Mehr · Mithra
- Bloody Friday of Zahedan · 8 Mehr · Mithra
- Holy Cross of Varak · Varaga Khach · 9 Mehr · Mithra
- Hoshana Rabbah · 9 Mehr · Mithra
- Khosrow Khan Qashqai executed · Khosrow Khan-e Qashqa'i · 9 Mehr · Mithra
- Joti Jot of Guru Nanak · Joti Jot Divas Guru Nanak Dev · 12 Mehr · Mithra
- Mahalaya (Sarva Pitru Amavasya) · Mahalaya, Sarva Pitru Amavasya · 16 Mehr · Mithra
- Navaratri · Sharad Navaratri · 17 Mehr · Mithra
- Mohammad-Reza Shajarian · 17 Mehr · Mithra
- Rosh Chodesh · 18–19 Mehr · Mithra
- Ayathrem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Ayathrem · 20–24 Mehr · Mithra
- Ead Fel · 22 Mehr · Mithra
- Durga Ashtami · Durga Ashtami, Maha Ashtami · 23 Mehr · Mithra
- Intercession of the Theotokos (Pokrov) · Pokrov · 23 Mehr · Mithra
- Mandaean light fast (2–4 Taura) · Ṣauma · 23–25 Mehr · Mithra
- Svetitskhovloba (Mtskhetoba) · Svetitskhovloba · 23 Mehr · Mithra
- Nineteen Day Feast · 24 Mehr · Mithra
- Sharad Purnima (Kojagara) · Sharad Purnima, Kojagara · 30 Mehr · Mithra