1 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1409

Events on this day

• Maha Shivaratri

  Hindu · Cultural

  The great night of Shiva, kept with a night-long fast and vigil on the 14th night of the waning moon of Magha (Phalguna in the northern reckoning), in February or March.

• Vartanants (St Vartan and his companions) · Vartanants

  Armenian · Historical

  The Armenians who fell at Avarayr in 451, in today's West Azerbaijan province, on the Thursday before Great Lent.

Other events

• Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) · Maslenitsa · Day 4
• Xidir Nebî (Feast of Khidir and Elias) · Îda Xidir Ilyas

Facts

• Day 337 of 1409
• 28 days left
• Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut