17 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1408

Events on this day

• Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Losar · Day 3

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The Tibetan New Year, the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, celebrated for fifteen days with the main festivities on the first three.

• Women's March Against Compulsory Hijab

  Iranian · Historical

  On International Women's Day, tens of thousands of women marched in Tehran against the new rule of compulsory hijab (17 Esfand 1357; 8 March 1979).

Other events

• Bahá'í Fast · Day 7
• The five dark days before Parwanaya · Mbaṭṭal days · Day 1
• Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) · Maslenitsa · Day 4

Facts

• Day 353 of 1408
• 13 days left
• Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut