30 Azar · Atar 1408

Events on this day

• Yalda Night · Shab-e Yalda

  Iranian · Ancient festival

  The longest night of the year, kept awake with family, pomegranates and the poems of Hafez. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2022.

Other events

• Dattatreya Jayanti · Datta Jayanti
• Fast of the Annunciation (Assyrian Advent fast) · Day 20
• Mandaean light fast (9 Sarṭana) · Ṣauma
• Nativity Fast · Day 23
• Nativity Fast (new calendar) · Day 36

Facts

• Day 276 of 1408
• 90 days left
• Zodiac sign: Sagittarius · Qows