25 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1416

Events on this day

• Ferdowsi Day · Ruz-e Ferdowsi

  Iranian · Cultural

  Commemoration of Ferdowsi, poet of the Shahnameh, and the day of the Persian language.

• Ascension (Orthodox)

  Christian · Cultural

  Christ's ascension into heaven, forty days after Orthodox Easter; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

Other events

• Ascension Day
• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 44
• Dehwa Daimana (Birth of Yahya Yuhana) · Dehwa Daimana
• Vat Savitri Vrat · Vat Savitri

Facts

• Day 56 of 1416
• 310 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr